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When do you take Insulin glargine?
10pm
When low do you take insulin glargine?
No. insulin glargine (Lantus) is a long acting insulin. You would take it if you are low and it's your scheduled time to take it after you've taken the appropriate steps to normalize your sugar. When your sugar is low you drink something like juice to bring it up quickly.
What is the normal dosage for insulin glargine?
First check your blood level and then adjust accordingly..........
What is longest acting insulin?
Longest acting insulins iclude insulin glargine and insulin ultralente
Can you mix insulin?
Yes indeed it is possible to mix types of insulin into one syringe. Your diabetes nurse educator or doctor can explain to you how and why to do this. Common reasons are to mix a short acting insulin with a long acting one. Be sure to never try to mix insulin glargine as it can't be done.
Why dont mix glargine with short acting insulin?
The reason you cant, or may I say, "shouldn't" mix a short acting with glargine/Lantus is it is a full 24 hour insulin. Adding a short acting insulin would mean you take it to combat carbs/glucose increase from a meal. If you only administered your new "mix" of short acting and glargine/Lantus you would have no meal time insulin coverage for your 2 other regular meals. Results of letting glucose run high are very dangerous over a period of time. Microvascular complications - Nephropathy, Neuropathy, PAD, Heart Attack, Stroke are all unfortunate realities to high blood sugars.
What category is metformin classified in for pregnancy?
Insulin is classified as category B in pregnancy.Insulin glargine (Lantus), an insulin analog which is suitable for once-daily dosing, is classified as category C
Does Glargine has longest half life?
Yes
What is another name for diabetes 2?
It is called non-insulin-dependent Diabetes. The full term is "non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (NIDDM).
What is Another name for type 2 diabetes is .?
It is called non-insulin-dependent Diabetes. The full term is "non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus" (NIDDM).
Which insulin starts with the letter a?
Apidra is the brand name of insulin. It begins with the letter A.
What will be adverse effects of Insulin analogues in future?
Insulin was given in eleventh of January 1922 to a medical student as an extract of Islet of pancreas. Since then it has saved innumerable lives. You had two types of Insulin. One is Pig insulin and another is Bovine Insulin from extract of there respective pancreas. Pig insulin differed in amine acid sequence by one amine acid and Bovine by three amine acids from Human Insulin. Then you had something in your hand called as Insulin resistance. Normally dose of Insulin is required is 20 I.U. in A.M. and 10 I.U. in P.M. After years, in some patients dose becomes 200 I.U. in A.M. and 100 I.U. in P.M. As antibody to Insulin are formed, neutralizing the it and requiring extra dose. It means body immunity identify the difference in sequence of amine acids and replacement of a single amine acid is not tolerated by 'Immunity'. Then you have genetically engineered Insulin. It means by putting the 'Human Gene' of insulin in micro organism, you have 'exact' replica of 'Human Insulin'. This will never ever give antigen- antibody response. But it has one disadvantage and that there is immediate hyperglycemia fallowed by hypoglycemia. Means it's pharmacokinetics was not matching with blood sugar level. Because it was in the form of Insulin hexamer. So scientists designed two types of Insulin 1) Insulin Aspart in which Proline amine acid at 'B' chain is replaced by Aspartic acid. (There are few others, like Insulin Glargine.) And Insulin Lispro in which Pro-line in 'B' 28 and Lysine in 'B' 29 are interchanged. Now you are happy. Pharmacokinetics matches. But you have to pay price of this in short future. There will be antibody formation of these designer types of Insulin that they will develop antibody in due course as happened with Bovine Insulin and pig Insulin. As 'Immunity' does not tolerate change in sequence of even 'single' amine acids of 'any' body protein.
