Type 1 Insulin Therapy

Things you’ll need to know are:

• What type of insulin are you using?
• When is that insulin active in your body?
• What is your insulin regimen: How much insulin do you take and when ?
• Is the insulin doing what it is supposed to do?

This section explains how to use insulin therapy to treat diabetes

It focuses on:

• Insulin Basics:
  Background information about the principles of insulin replacement.
• Types of Insulin:
  Action and characteristics of the different, commercially available types of insulin.
• Insulin administration:
  Different ways to get insulin into your body.
• Medication goals:
  Blood sugar targets when treated with insulin.
• Designing an insulin regimen:
  Concept of insulin replacement.
• Calculating insulin dose:
  Formulas to calculate general total daily requirements, and basal and bolus insulin replacement.
• Intensive insulin therapy:
  Insulin therapy based on what the body does naturally.
• Insulin treatment tips:
  Practical reminders for people treating with insulin.

Other topics that may be of interest to you:

• Amylin analogs:
  Injections given along with insulin that reduce sugar production in the liver and slow the absorption of food
• Insulin pump therapy:
  Insulin delivery via a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion device

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