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Human Fastact 40Iu Injection Health Feed

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General Physician•Mumbai
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Actrapid action is only for few hours because it has very short span of life and Mixtard acts for twelve hours because it has short and long acting insulin
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Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Mr. Lybrate-user, diabetes mellitus most often does not produce any symptoms, hence many persons fail to detect that they have t2 diabetes. When fully developed it may cause excess urination, excess thirst, excess thirst, excess hunger, unexplained weight loss and tiredness. In type 1 diabetes insulin injection is the only treatment, plus it is required for survival of t1 dm patient. Actrapid is a fast acting insulin, its action begins within 30 minutes of administration. Human regular insulin t...more
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General Physician•Cuttack
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Prevention of Diabetes
1.Do regular exercise
2.Reduce weight if overweight
3Control diet
4.Avoid sweets, excess calorie and carbohydrate rich diet, .
5.Adhere to a strict diabetic diet by consulting Dietitian
6.Monitor your fasting, PP blood sugar and Hba1c three monthly
7.Consult diabetologist for advice and treatment
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Diabetologist•Kottayam
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Both are same but manufactured by different companies. U can take it. But better to go for same brand if available.
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Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
There are many different types of insulins, some are for rapid action like Insulin Actarapid, which starts action with in minutes of injection and helps prevent after food glucose rise. Other Insulin has a longer duration of action, which will prevent late rise of blood glucose. Human Mixtard is a combination of fast acting and long acting insulin. Some are 30/70 & some are 50/550 combinations. Where 30% is fast acting and other part is long acting. Th...more
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Delhi
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Yes it is possible if you achive hba1c 6 or 6.2 by human insulin after that you can change human insulin to oral tablets. You can use oral tablets with strict following diabetes diet with 3 km walk or any exercise.
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Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Mr. lybrate-user kumar, thanks for the query.
The mentioned medicines (both) can be taken at the same time. However, since nothing is mentioned about fasting, pp, hba1c%, weight, height, dietary pattern, extent of daily exercise, lipid profile and bp readings. There no other comment that can be made. Usually insulin should be taken separately and oha should be taken separately. Thanks.
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Mumbai
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Hello,

Diabetes cannot be cured as, it is not a disease, it is a disorder.
You can always manage it and lead a happy and active life.
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Endocrinologist•Hubli-Dharwad
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lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
Insulin happens to be the best treatment for diabetes, because diabetes occurs due to its (insulin's) deficiency. Secondly if a person is having T1 Dm then only drug that can be used is Insulin. In T2 DM there are a number of oral drugs available. Since you have neither mentioned your age or type of diabetes, it is difficult to answer your question. My suggestion is please come back with following details: age, type of diabetes, weight, height, fasting & P...more
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Hello, Thanks for the query.
Both Insulins mentioned are same. Only difference is one has 40 units per ml in the vial. The other has 100 units per ml in the pen. So if you are taking 6 units with 40 u/ml one, then 6 units need to be taken with the pen. You will have to fix the dosage on the pen, it will deliver that quantity only. Thanks.
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