Question | Answer |
Rapid acting insulins | Humalog and Novolog |
Short Acting/ Regular insulins | Humulin R, Novolin R, and Iletin II R |
Intermediate acting insulins | NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N) and Lente |
Long acting insulins | Ultralente (Humulin U) and Insulin Glargine (Lantus) |
the only insulin that can be given IV | Regular clear insulin |
cloudy insulin is mixed with what to delay absorption | Zinc |
promote insulin secretion by the pancreas | Sulfonylureas |
delay digestion of complex carbohydrates thus slowing down the increase in blood glucose | acarbose(Precose) and miglitol (Glyset) |
decrease glucose production by the liver and increase glucose uptake by the muscle | Biguanides |
make cells more receptive to insulin | Thiazolidinesdiones |
Humalog onset peak and duration | 5-15 mins, 1-2 hours, and 3-4 hours |
Novolog onset peak and duration | 15 minutes, 1 hour, and 3-4 hours |
Humulin R, Novolin R, and Ilentin II R onset peak and duration | 30 min-1 hour, 1-3 hours, and 6-8 hours |
NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N) onset peak and duration | 1-1.5 hours, 4-12 hours, and 24 hours |
Lente onset peak and duration | 1-2.5 hours, 7-15 hours, and 24 hours |
Ultralente(Humulin U) onset peak and duration | 4-8 hours, 8-10 hours, and 18-30 hours |
Insulin Glargine (Lantus) onset peak and duration | 2-4 hours, No peak, and >24 hours |
Mixtures Humulin 50/50 onset peak and duration | 15 mins, 2-4 hours, and 20-22 hours |
Mixtures Humulin 70/30 onset peak and duration | 30 mins, 7-12 hours, and 16-24 hours |
Mixtures Novolin 70/30 onset peak and duration | 30 mins, 3-8 hours, and 10-16 hours |
Mixtures Humalog 75/25 onset peak and duration | 15 mins, 2 hours, and 20-22 hours |
stimulates insulin release | glimerpiride (Amaryl) |
improves use of insulin in type 2 diabeties | metformin (Glucophage) |
increases effects of circulating insulin | rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos) |
stimulates insulin release | repaglinide (Prandin) |
increases effects of incretin | sitagliptin (Januvia) |
Mimics incretin | exenatide (Byetta) |
mimics amylin | pramlintide (Symlin) |