Insulin Injections

The most significant difference between the regular insulin and the rapid acting insulin is the onset. The onset for rapid-acting or lispro is 10-15 minutes, and for the regular it is ½-1 hour.

It is necessary to consider changing from an oral diabetes medication to insulin injections after

A special diet is important to balance the daily insulin injections. In particular, young children with diabetes need enough calories to grow and develop normally. Insulin requirements for people with type I diabetes differ considerably. Some patients may keep balanced blood sugar with an insulin injection at breakfast levels. Others may require several injections a day. Insulin requirements may change as the patient ages, surgery, pregnancy or unrelated disease.

Because our patient is a college student I believe an insulin pen is the ideal insulin administration option. A pen would be easier than a needle and syringe between classes, and or at the dining hall when he or she is eating. Teach the patient how to inject the insulin with the pen or syringe, which includes, drawing up the insulin with ONLY an insulin syringe, and or priming the insulin pen with 2 units prior to injection. Furthermore, before any injection, the patient should always check the blood sugar before. Also, depending on the type of insulin the patient should be taught proper ways to store the insulin, whether refrigerated or not. Additionally, depending on the type of insulin prescribed it is essential to teach the patient when to take the insulin, the proper dose, if the insulin can be mixed with other insulin, and the appearance of the insulin. Rotation of the insulin injection sites is essential, however teaching the patient how to recognized signs of infection at the injection site is equally

People who have diabetes know the purpose of an insulin pump. But people that don't have diabetes don't even know what an insulin pump is or what it is made out of. An insulin pumps job is to deliver insulin for people that have diabetes. It can be worn as a belt or put into a pocket. The pump is connected to a tube that is put under the skin and taped. People that have insulin pumps or use it, use it so it can deliver insulin throughout the day and take out extra doses of insulin to handle increases in blood sugar. (example: After eating) ( Nemours)

Insulin has been used for diabetes since 1922. “Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin” (“The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin” 1). Without insulin, thousands of people with diabetes would die. Insulin is available for people who need it because it was initially tested on animals. Oskar Minkowski and Joseph von Mering removed a pancreas gland from a dog in 1889, and it ended up dying later (“The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin” 1). Animals like dogs, have hormones in their blood so the experiment worked on them. It wasn’t safe for humans yet (Parry 1). Although putting an animal’s life at risk for medical research might

Insulin is a hormone made naturally in the body by the pancreas. This hormone controls the level of sugar in the blood. People who have type 1 diabetes need to have regular insulin injections. In type 1 diabetes, the body stops making insulin and the blood glucose level goes very high. Some people who have type 2 diabetes may also need to have insulin injections to help control blood sugar

Type one diabetes is treated pharmacologically through insulin, which must be “injected to control blood glucose levels. Therefore people with type one diabetes need insulin every day to live” (Diabetes Australia, Victoria 2008)

Diabetes is very prevalent in the today’s society. It is estimated that about 10% of the population currently suffers from this disease. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 is commonly referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes. Type 2 is commonly known as non-insulin dependent diabetes. The main difference between both types is that there is an insulin deficiency for Type 1 and an insulin resistance and failing insulin secretion for Type 2.I have been suffering from diabetes for the last two years. I was actually diagnosed with TYPE 2 DIABETES.

Diabetes mellitus is a permanent condition which alters the body's ability to take in glucose consumed in food. The most common types of diabetes are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Both of these conditions exhibit similar characteristics; the patient’s body synthesizes the carbohydrates and sugars consumed into glucose, but the body cells cannot take in the sugar. The body uses glucose to fuel its cells, however, for this to happen it requires a hormone called insulin. This hormone facilitates the uptake and conversion of glucose into energy. Therefore, in the case of the body not producing, lacking enough, or failure to use insulin, the patient suffers diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is a genetic condition, which begins in childhood thus the name juvenile-onset. In this condition, the body attacks its pancreas making it unable to produce insulin. This type of diabetes may lead to loss of eyesight or heart disease and stroke in extreme cases. Thus, it is vital for the patient to undergo treatment that involves taking in insulin. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 95% of all diagnosed cases in adults, initially, people referred it to as adult-onset diabetes. However, over time there has been a growth of overweight and obese kids

Diabetes affects 9.3% of the population in America. It is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States [1]. Diabetes is a disease where the body is unable to produce insulin in sufficient amounts. The insulin breaks down glucose, so without the insulin, the glucose is unable to be broken down which leads to the buildup in the blood. Without glucose metabolizing, the body will not have energy to function [2]. Treatments for diabetes has varied throughout the years. However, the one thing they all have in common is insulin replacement. Previously, animal insulin was the only solution. Now, we are able to administer human insulin using a recombinant DNA technology [4]. It is most commonly administered with a subcutaneous injection.

Patients may benefit from early treatment with basal insulin added to oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) through early glycemic

Diabetes is considered a very ancient disease, with early observations made in Egypt 1500 BC. The disease has always been well known for its severe implications on the lifestyle of patients. Diabetes has a very long-lasting and complex history, which is well documented. There are historical milestones that have been significant for understanding the disease and developing treatments. This paper reviews such historical events, including the discovery of insulin, that have been influential on modern diabetic medicine. Moreover, patient experiences with insulin injections are also discussed. A fascinating component of diabetic history is also the transition from fairly unsophisticated treatment approaches to more medically developed procedures in the Twentieth Century. This review also examines early ideas of the insulin pen injector and describes how the first NovoPen in 1985 was developed. This will contribute to the background information of the research project, which aims to investigate what impact the first NovoPen in 1985 had on the treatment of diabetes. The research project will take clinical, as well as patient experiences of using the first NovoPen into consideration to reach a conclusion about its influence on treating diabetes. Nowadays, new generations of the NovoPen family have been developed, which are very popular among diabetic patients as a treatment option. Due to this remarkable history of the NovoPen in diabetic medicine, it is of interest to investigate

Rapid-acting analogs have different amino acid structure than that of human insulin. This causes decrease in hexameric insulin formation after injection into the subcutaneous space. Furthermore there is rapid dissolution of insulin into monomers, rapid insulin absorption into the bloodstream and a shorter duration of action. In vivo studies have found that, rapid-acting insulin analogs have identical potency compared to regular human insulin and higher peak concentrations are achieved . Compared to regular insulin, the rapid-acting insulin analogs lead to less postprandial hyperglycemia and less late postprandial hypoglycemia. Injection of rapid-acting insulin analogs, 15-20 minutes before meal leads to maximal

insulin or rapid-acting insulin analogs Preparations included with phenolic excipients serves two purposes: retaining solution sterility and stabilization of the insulin molecule in the hexameric form to avoid aggregation(35). These compounds are may cause problems since they are proved to be toxic and irritant, and are being investigated for their role as sensitizers and carcinogens (36).