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(also known as Humulin, Novolin)
Insulin (from Latin insula, "island", as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. Apart from being the primary agent in carbohydrate homeostasis, it has effects on fat metabolism and it changes the liver's activity in storing ... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Diabetes Type 1 | 137 |
95% |
| Diabetes Type 2 | 124 |
97% |
| Cystic Fibrosis | 4 |
100% |
| Heart Attack | 1 |
100% |
| Pregnancy | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 96% (270
Members)
find Insulin (Regular and NPH) helpful
Insulin (Regular and NPH) Reviews
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Been using it for about 20 years
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Use R as coverage
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Fast working will bring sugar level under control in a matter of minutes.
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Pretty good
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I take 20 units twice a day. It's like the Glipizide, and my pancreatitis.
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My sugars still run very high despite the insulin.
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sugars up and down. Im on two shots a day 20 units in the am and 20 at night.
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Two diabetic comas and one stroke in six months...
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It helps for a while, but his suger goes up fast, with hardly no warning.
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get mad when I go thru pain and the numbers stay the same
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Humulin, as needed. Scared of needles, so i have problems sometimes.
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I was on this regimen so long ago, I really don't remember.
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It was what I started on. the delays made it somewhat hard to predict dosage and whatnot.
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It didn't work as well as the pump.
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Used it in the very beginning, and also when I had my operation last year. It wasn't the best but when my care was in the hands of others it was okay.
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