Self-mixing insulin requires a person to inject themselves with two types of insulin in one injection. A person can mix and inject insulin using a syringe. Insulin is a hormone that people use to ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Jay H. Shubrook, DO: Hi. I'm Jay Shubrook, a family physician and professor at Touro University California. We'll continue our discussion about the use of ...

NPH insulin is an older type of synthetic insulin that helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar. It’s typically injected once or twice a day at regular times and is designed to deliver a ...

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 ...

(Reuters Health) - A warning for people who use insulin pens: Not shaking your NPH insulin pen before injecting can result in wide variations in your insulin level and blood sugar control, researchers ...

Human insulin is the name which describes synthetic insulin which is laboratory grown to mimic the insulin in humans. Human insulin was developed through the 1960s and 1970s and approved for ...

Learn how the hormone insulin regulates your blood sugar, why blood sugar levels matter, and side effects to watch for if you take prescription insulin.

Although the definitions are arbitrary, from a clinical viewpoint, insulin replacement consists of prandial (bolus) insulin, basal insulin, and a correction-dose insulin supplement. 6 Prandial insulin ...