Want help determining how to calculate your need for insulin? First, be sure to check with your doctor but you can also use Insulin Pumper's insulin calculating tool to better understand how your doctor might determine your need for insulin.
Medical Encyclopedia
Insulin
therapy
Conventional vs. Intensive
Insulin Therapy
Insulin Delivery Devices
Insulin information
History of Insulin
Types
of Insulin
Reactions to Insulin
What is insulin?
What is insulin used for?
Cautions
Side Effects of Insulin
Interactions
How is insulin manufactured?
Contents of Insulin
Action of Commonly Prescribed Insulin (chart)
The right insulin therapy can reduce the risk of long-term complications
Description of Types of Injected Insulin
Available
-- Animal insulin
-- Chemically modified
insulins
-- Non-hexameric insulins
-- Aspart insulin
-- Lispro insulin
-- Shifted isoelectric point insulin
-- Glargine insulin
-- Detemir insulin
-- Inhaled Insulin
Long-Acting Insulin
Insulin is a hormone normally produced in the body by the beta islets cells of the pancreas that aids in the processing of food into energy that the body can use. There are many types of insulin.
Definition: Long-acting insulin refers to a type of insulin that does not work as quickly as rapid or fasting-acting insulin but last for a long time. Long-acting insulins are insulin analogues (man-made) that are used to treat diabetes mellitus. These insulins and include:
- Lantus® (insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection). Because of the dependable, long-acting nature of Lantus, it is sometimes referred to (slang) as the "poor man's pump."
- Levemir - insulin detemir (rDNA origin)
Long-acting insulin enters the bloodstream 2-4 hours after injection and is generally effective for 20 to 24 hours.
Long-acting insulin is effective for covering basal insulin for those who are in daily injections of insulin. It should never be used in an insulin pump and cannot be mixed in a syringe with other insulin.
All persons with the juvenile form of type 1 diabetes need to take insulin to live.