SaveHealth reports that insulin therapy is crucial for diabetes management, with various options available, including rapid- and long-acting insulins.

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Insulin is a hormone your body makes that helps it control your blood sugar level and metabolism — the process that turns the food you eat into energy. Your pancreas makes insulin and releases it into ...

While this option may be less expensive and seems convenient, it’s best to consult a doctor about dosage if you use it, says Joshua J. Neumiller, CDCES, PharmD, the president elect of healthcare and ...

Insulin type, mixture of insulins in the same syringe, site of injection, and individual patient response differences can all affect the onset, peak, and duration of insulin activity. In general, ...

Neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin (named after the scientist Hans Christian Hagedorn who invented it) peaks in about 6 to 8 hours, with a duration of up to 12 hours. This type of insulin is ...