- Rapid-acting Insulin: It takes 15 minutes to start working and it lasts from 2 to 4 hours. Rapid-acting insulins are: Insulin aspart (Novolog), Insulin lispro (Humalog), Insulin glulisine (Apidra).
- Regular Insulin: It takes 30 minutes to start working and lasts from 3 to 6 hours. This type of insulin is Insulin regular (Novolin R).
- Intermediate-acting Insulin: It takes 1 to 2 hours to start working and lasts to 12 hours. This type of insulin is NPH (Novolin N)
- Long-acting Insulin: It takes 2 to 4 hours to start working and lasts to 24 hours. Those are Insulin detemir (Levemir) and Insulin glargine (Lantus, Basaglar)
- Ultra-long-acting Insulin: It takes 6 hours to start working and lasts 36 to 42 hours. Those are Insulin degludec (Tresiba) and Insulin glargine U300 (Toujeo)
The thecnique of genetic engineering to obtain human insulin is called Recombinant DNA. This type of insulin is equal to the one build in humans, althoug is not obtained from someone else, it is a copy to make the functions as the one produced by the body.The doctor will prescribe insulin when we need it! It’s just another tool for diabetes management and this could be from our debut or sometime later.
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