Insuman Basal 40IU Injection Health Feed

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

You need to control your fasting and post lunch values with proper long acting insulin dosage -Insulatard and short acting insulin human actrapid insulin. You seem to be under weight for your height due to uncontrolled diabetes. Patients do benefit by taking Inj Insulatard twice in a day. Healthy high cal/ Low fat/high protein diet without sugar and jeggary in day to day cooking may help in sugar control along with regular exercises.
Hba1c below 7 should be the aim. If you wish you can consu...more

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

Hi, basically novo mix is a newer insulin analogue with a mix of 30% short acting and 70% long acting insulin. On the other hand human mixyard is a conventional insulin. The difference is in their properties and effectivity.

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.

You have to EXACTLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS Of YOUR DOCTOR IT IS DANGEROUS TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN I CANNOT TREAT YOU ON THE NET.

There is no specific recommendation for pen type pen is very fine easy to use easy to carry and low hectic that's why we use pen.

15-20 mins before food. Depends on food intake. Hypoglycemia never comes alone with insulin, it's the food.

Insulin helps control blood glucose levels by signaling the liver and muscle and fat cells to take in glucose from the blood. insulin therefore helps cells to take in glucose to be used for energy. If the body has sufficient energy, insulin signals the liver to take up glucose and store it as glycogen.

Mr. lybrate-user P Bayer, Thanks for the query.
Both Insulins are similar, having a combination of rapid acting and slow acting insulins. There is hardly any difference. Thanks.