In sliding-scale insulin therapy, the dose is based on your blood sugar level. Find out how it works and learn about problems with this diabetes treatment.

Studies indicate sliding scale insulin therapy is ineffective at managing blood sugar and can be too strict for most people.

Studies indicate sliding scale insulin therapy is ineffective at managing blood sugar and can be too strict for most people.

Sliding scale insulin sets the dose strictly off a blood glucose level, without taking a number of personal factors into account.

In many hospitals in developing countries, particularly in Pakistan, a "sliding scale" is used to calculate the dose of insulin for the management of diabetes. This sliding scale depends on the ...