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Insulin Basics

For people who use insulin to control their diabetes, it is important to know the basics. Here are some tips on how to store, draw into a syringe, and inject insulin.

Storing Insulin – Drawing Insulin – Injecting Insulin

Rapid Bolus Insulins

Humalog, produced by Eli Lilly and Company, was released in the U.S. in 1996. Novolog is made by Novo Nordisk and was released in 2001. Both insulins offer quicker action time than short-acting Regular insulin, which was first produced as a crude extract in 1921. Learn more about each in the following sections.

Humalog & Novolog Insulins

Kinetics vs Dynamics - Heat & Humalog – Humalog users report

Basal Insulins

Intermediate, long, and flat are the basal choices now available. The action times of these different basal insulins can be used to your advantage when you understand them. Learn more from the links below.

Adjusting Long Acting Insulins - Lantus Insulin

Alternative Insulin Delivery Methods (main page)

Inhaled Insulin Delivery - Oral Insulin Delivery - Transdermal Insulin Delivery

Miscellaneous

Insulin Action & Peak Times - Insulin Sensitivity

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