Insulin is the foundation of treatment for many people with diabetes. If you’re a diabetic, your body either can’t produce enough insulin or can’t use insulin efficiently. With this method, you take a ...

In many hospitals in developing countries, particularly in Pakistan, a "sliding scale" is used to calculate the dose of insulin for the management of diabetes. This sliding scale depends on the blood ...

Femi Aremu, PharmD, is a Drug Information Pharmacist for Red Ventures and practiced in a COVID-19 clinic for the University of Chicago Medicine. How much insulin you need depends on several factors, ...

Afrezza is a rapid-acting inhaled human insulin indicated to improve glycemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus.

This past month I have seen four adults with type 2 diabetes who have gained 40 lb or more in weight during a 12-month period and they all blamed it on their insulin therapy. Whether insulin therapy ...

Humalog is given as an injection, and there are two types of the drug: Some forms of Humalog and Humalog Mix are available as generics or biosimilars. To learn more, see “Generic or biosimilar ...