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The major function of insulin is to counter the concerted action of a number of hyperglycemia-generating hormones and to maintain low blood glucose levels.
In addition to its role in regulating glucose metabolism, insulin stimulates lipogenesis, diminishes lipolysis, and increases amino acid transport into cells. Insulin also modulates transcription, altering the cell content of numerous mRNAs. It stimulates growth, DNA synthesis, and cell replication, effects that it holds in common with the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and relaxin.
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What insulins can't be mixed with other insulins?
lantus
How are synthetic insulins produced?
Most insulins are now produced by recombinant DNA techniques, and are chemically identical to natural human insulin.
Name the cloudy insulins?
novolin 70/30
Peanuts helps regulates insulins in blood?
No, peanuts do not help to regulate insulin in the blood.
Would the pI values of the animal insulins be the same as greater than or less than human insulins?
The pI values for all of the animal insulins would be similar to human insulin (with the exception of chicken and duck) because the amino acid changes all involved neutral amino acids. Chicken insulin would be more basic (because of the histidine substitution) whereas duck would be more acidic (because of the glutamate substitution.)
What is exogenous insulin?
In patients with diabetes, whose endogenous production of insulin is completely or near to nothing, insulin is administered to them subcutaneously. The insulin is usually bovine insulin or pork insulin. Recently, human insulins have been manufactured by rDNA technology. These preparations are called exogenous insulins.
What will happen if you draw cloudy insulin up first then clear insulin and give to a patient?
The "cloudy" insulins are long-acting, while the "clear" insulins are rapid or short-acting. Drawing up the clear insulins first prevents the vial of short-acting insulin from being contaminated with a long-acting insulin.
Can Lantus insulin and novolog insulin be mixed together?
No, Lantus clearly states on the vial and on the box, "Do not mix with other insulins."
What is longest acting insulin?
Longest acting insulins iclude insulin glargine and insulin ultralente
Is over the counter insulin not as good as prescription insulin?
In general it is the same. Prescription insulins do offer more options and so for some people may allow better control of the sugar.
Is there a drug that controls hunger?
Actually, yes. The diabetic medication Byetta has the affect of reducing appetite by reducing the sense of hunger. There are other medications such as most insulins that actually increase the sense of hunger.
What are intermediate-acting insulins?
NPH (neutral protamine Hagedorn) and Lente insulin are intermediate-acting, starting to work within one to three hours and lasting up to 18-26 hours.
