How to use insulin correctly

Insulin is a drug that is very effective in controlling blood sugar, so it has become the first choice for diabetic patients. However, you must master the storage method of insulin. If it is unopened insulin, you can choose to place it in the refrigerator, and control the temperature between two and eight degrees. At the same time, the drug cannot be shaken. How to use the drug correctly? So how to use insulin correctly?

First, how to use insulin correctly? Use intermediate-acting insulin twice a day: This method is suitable for patients with mildly elevated fasting and postprandial blood sugar. After using insulin in this way, if the patient's fasting blood sugar is well controlled but postprandial blood sugar is still high, Novolin 30R can be used instead, injected twice a day.

Second, use short-acting insulin four times a day: inject insulin before meals and before bedtime. This usage is suitable for diabetic patients who are using insulin for the first time or who have ketosis and cannot be hospitalized temporarily. However, the dose of insulin injected before bedtime should not exceed 10 units.

Third, use intermediate-acting insulin once a day: The effect of intermediate-acting insulin lasts for about 12 hours, so generally diabetic patients need to inject it twice a day. However, if the patient's pancreatic function damage is relatively mild, and only the blood sugar level is high after the three meals during the day, while the fasting blood sugar level is well controlled at night without eating, a medium-acting insulin injection can be given before breakfast. On the contrary, if the patient's blood sugar is well controlled during the day and only the fasting blood sugar is high, such as obese diabetic patients who eat too much at dinner or have a significant increase in blood sugar in the early morning, a mid-acting insulin injection can be given before bed. The injection dose is calculated at 0.2 units per kilogram of body weight. If patients inject intermediate-acting insulin before going to bed, the peak of insulin action can occur just before breakfast. This helps patients control early morning hyperglycemia.

How to use insulin correctly? Use a medium-acting insulin once before going to bed and take hypoglycemic drugs orally during the day: Overweight diabetic patients tend to gain weight after injecting insulin. If the blood sugar of such patients is not too high, they can take biguanide hypoglycemic drugs three times orally during the day to lower blood sugar, lipids and weight, and then inject an intermediate-acting insulin before going to bed to counteract the morning hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance.