Sliding scale insulin (SSI), once a prominent diabetes treatment, entails checking your blood sugar levels before meals. Your pre-meal blood sugar then determines your insulin dosage.

Let’s say you check your blood sugar before a meal, and it’s 170. You’ll need 1 unit of fast-acting insulin to adjust to your target of 120. If you plan to eat a meal that has 60 grams of ...

There is no internationally recommended sliding scale, none for any one country or state, none for the same individual during a lifetime. The insulin regimen should be periodically evaluated and ...