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Over the last two decades, the evidence that better glycemic control ( i. e., keeping blood glucose and HbA1c levels as close to normal as possible ) reduces the rates of many complications of diabetes has become overwhelming.

As a result, diabetes specialists have expended increasing effort to help most people with diabetes achieve blood glucose levels as close to normal as achievable.

It takes about the same amount of effort to achieve good glycemic control with a traditional two or three injection regimen as it does with flexible therapy: frequent glucose monitoring, attention to timing and amounts of meals.

Many diabetes specialists no longer think of flexible insulin therapy as " intensive " or " special " treatment for a select group of patients but simply as standard care for most patients with type 1 diabetes.