Pens:Similar to a syringe, an insulin pen uses a needle to inject the medicine into your body. But pens are prefilled with insulin, so you don’t need to fill them from a bottle. Some insulin pens are disposable, while others can be reused by inserting a new cartridge of insulin. Pen...
After being told they have gestational diabetes, many pregnant women—but not all—will require insulin injections for the course of their pregnancies. Many women’s blood sugar levels will return to normal following the delivery of their babies. However, they will still require some postpartum fo...
Type II diabetes is the most common type of diabetes in which blood glucose can’t be regulated. Cells become resistant to the insulin produced by the body due to which it cannot utilize glucose. The demands for insulin increase to facilitate entry of glucose into the cells, whereas high lev...
This cross-sectional study characterizes trends in ambulatory insulin use, overall and based on insulin characteristics, among adults with type 2 diabetes
of different insulin needle.Results:Insulin injection time and residence time were extended when using 32G×4 mm insulin injection needles for high-dose insulin injections(P0.05);regardless of the needles,insulin residence time would be extended on large doses of insulin injection(P0.05).Conclusion:...
Type 1 diabetes monitoring has evolved and matured with the advent of blood glucose monitor sensors, insulin pens, and insulin pump automation. However, carbohydrate monitoring has seen little progress despite carbohydrates representing a major potential disruption. Relying on the modeling...
Toujeo, which came to market in early 2015, is a form of man-made insulin known as insulin glargine. There are two other brands of insulin glargine on the market: Lantus (also made by Sanofi Aventis) and Basaglar (produced by Eli Lilly). Toujeo is intend
NovoLog is the brand name for the synthetic analog called insulin aspart. It is designed to help adults and children (at least two years old) with type 1 diabetes to lower their blood sugar levels. Adults with type 2 diabetes may also take NovoLog, but i
Pens:Similar to a syringe, an insulin pen uses a needle to inject the medicine into your body. But pens are prefilled with insulin, so you don’t need to fill them from a bottle. Some insulin pens are disposable, while others can be reused by inserting a new cartridge of insulin. Pen...