Insulin

Insulin is one of the many tools that are used to manage diabetes. People living with type 1 diabetes must take insulin, as their bodies are no longer able to produce it. People living with type 2 diabetes may be prescribed insulin to help control their blood sugar more effectively.

Some time ago one of our readers asked a question about managing insulin with increased activity during travel...

When a healthcare practitioner recommends that a patient with diabetes should add insulin to their oral medications or entirely replace oral medications with insulin, the response is often one of dismay. Such patients often feel that the move to insulin means they have in some way failed in their diabetes self-management.

People with type 1 diabetes have absolutely no pancreatic function, so their bodies are unable to make insulin.

Information on how to inject insulin. Learn how the timing of insulin shots can affect blood glucose levels.

The simple answer to that question is “yes!” Sometimes the dose of insulin you need to take to lower your blood sugar is higher than your insulin pen or syringe can deliver.

In June 2014, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the inhaled insulin called Afrezza for use in the treatment of type 1 diabetes.