diabetes medication dosage

[jessica440]

Name
Jessica

Describe the problem you'd like to solve
I (and many many other diabetics, both type 1 and 2) struggle with calculating how much medication to take with meals. The ratio of carbohydrate portion (CP) to insulin units varies from person to person and we have to do many calculations throughout the day to workout how much medication to take. Some people really struggle with the maths of this and get the dosage wrong.

'As a diabetic who struggles with their medication, I would like an app to help me easily calculate how much insulin I need for specific meals (basal bolus regime), so that I can safely administer the correct dosage and reduce the number of dangerous hypoglycaemic episodes and improve my HbA1c'

Who are the stakeholders?
People with type 1 (and type 2 diabetes)

What is currently being done to solve this problem?
There are online insulin calculators available and also online databases for food, but nothing combined. A lot of people don't want to use multiple apps for this and so most end up doing guess work.

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Here is some additional info!

Diabetic complications are linked to bad blood glucose control

The cost of diabetes to the NHS is over £1.5m an hour or 10% of the NHS budget for England and Wales. This equates to over £25,000 being spent on diabetes every minute.