Information on how to inject insulin. Learn how the timing of insulin shots can affect blood glucose levels.
Insulin and other injectables
Insulin (rapid-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting, long-acting)
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that stimulates cells in the body to remove glucose from the blood for storage or usage. Insulin is normally released by the body following a meal to bring high sugar levels back into the normal range.
GLP-1 Agonists (e.g. liraglutide, exenatide, dulaglutide, lixisenatide)
These medications, also known as incretin mimetics, work by copying the functions of the natural incretin hormones in your body that help lower post-meal blood glucose levels. These functions include stimulating insulin secretion, inhibiting the release of glucagon and slowing glucose absorption into the bloodstream.
Combination insulin products
Basal insulin has been combined with GLP-1 agonists in a single injection and have similar advantages as oral combination medications – reduced side effects, simplified regimens, improved efficacy.
FIT – forum for injection technique
Did you know that how medication is injected, where medication is injected and what medication is injected with is as important as the medication itself?
