ACCU-CHEK®

To feel your best and avoid long term complications, it is important to try and control your blood glucose within your target range. This is usually somewhere between 4-8mmol/L, but your health care professional will tell you what is right for you. Regularly testing your blood glucose is the best way for you and your doctor to see how your blood glucose is responding to your treatment plan and lifestyle.

Research^1-5 has shown that testing your blood glucose at key times during the day can help you to achieve good blood glucose control.

Test your blood glucose levels:	Best times to test
To understand the effects of your medication	Before meals and before bed
To understand the effects of your meals	2 hours after meals and between 2am and 4am
If you're looking for highs	Test before and after meals
If you're looking for lows	Test before meals, after exercise, and in the middle of the night
If you're encountering a dangerous situation (eg driving)	Test before you commence the activity
During stress and infection	Every 2 hours and before meals

It is also a good idea to do extra tests during symptoms of hypo or hyperglycaemia.

Speak to your healthcare team about how often you should be testing your glucose levels. The more you know about your levels, the easier it will be to achieve tight glycaemic control.

For people with diabetes. Use only as directed. See your healthcare professional for medical advice.

1 Stratton IM, et al. Brit Med J 2000;321:405-411. 2 The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group.
N Engl J Med 1993;329(14):977- 86. 3 Karter AJ, et al. Am J Med 2001;111:1-9. 4 Martin S, et al. for the ROSSO Study Group. Diabetologia 2005; DOI10.1007/s00125-005-0083-5. 5 Roche Diagnostics. Roundtable Report; April 2003.