One of the misconceptions in diabetes treatment: incorrect time and way of medication Oral hypoglycemic drugs should pay attention to the relationship with eating, such as before, during and after meals. When applying insulin, attention should be paid to the injection site, injection method and time. 1. Sulfonylureas should generally be taken about 30 minutes before meals; 2. Biguanides are not related to eating, but in order to prevent the gastrointestinal side effects of biguanides, so they are often taken during or after meals; 3. The action time of these hypoglycemic drugs is relatively long, so you only need to take them once a day; 5, insulin stimulants are taken 5-20 minutes before a meal, no meal without taking the drug. Diabetes treatment misconceptions: patients have fear of using insulin 1. The indications for insulin use are: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, failure of oral medication, acute complications or serious chronic complications, stressful situations (infection, trauma, surgery, etc.), serious diseases (such as tuberculosis), liver and kidney failure, gestational diabetes, various secondary diabetes (pancreatic resection, adrenocorticotropic hormone hypertrophy, chronic calcified pancreatitis, etc.), and chronic diabetes. chronic calcific pancreatitis, etc.). 2. The indications for insulin application in type 2 diabetes are: fasting glucose > 13.8 mmol/L – islet failure, newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes – islet cell rest therapy. 3. The complications of insulin therapy are: hypoglycemic reaction, subcutaneous lipodystrophy, insulin allergy, refractive error of the eye, insulin edema, obesity, insulin resistance.