Which Insulins?

[DarthDiabetes]

Okay, I know some of you here know TONS of stuff I don't even know I don't know yet, so here goes.

What rapid insulin and why?
What basil insulin and why?

Endo stuck me on Novolog and Lantus, but I read so much about others.

[Jill-O]

I'm not sure I understand it properly but I am on humalog and lantus. The humalog "covers" meals and the lantus is like background insulin.

[DarthDiabetes]

Oh, I guess I am really just wondering about the other fast acting, and the other (levemir) long acting.

Or even a web site that does a good job at describing their actions, peaks etc...

[Jill-O]

I think both my insulins have inserts (paper) that graph the action and peak. Have you googled to find the other insulin's drug sites? I bet it would be on the drug company's sites.

[xMenace]

I've not found a comprehensive source of information yet. But here's a dump of some stuff.

Good chart: Levemir - Pet Diabetes (http://petdiabetes.wikia.com/wiki/Levemir#Insulin_Pharmacokinetics) Taken from here, a comprehensive article: https://secure.pharmacytimes.com/lessons/200510-03.asp

http://www.lillydiabetes.com/images/time_activity.gif


http://www.insulin-pumpers.org/faq/apidra_TXT_files/apidra_fig4.gif
Aventis Pharmaceuticals -Apidra - April 2004 (http://www.insulin-pumpers.org/faq/apidra_TXT.html)

http://www.ispub.com/xml/journals/ijen/vol4n1/insulin-fig3.jpg