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By Mark Green

October 22, 2020

Intermediate acting insulins – Insulatard & Humulin I

Intermediate acting insulins are a type of insulin used to manage high glucose levels, usually as a result of diabetes. Historically, patients with type 1 diabetes would use intermediate acting

By Mark Green

October 20, 2020

Mixed Insulins – – Novomix, Humulin M3, Humalog Mix, Insuman

Mixed insulins are a type of insulin mostly used to treat type 2 diabetes. They are a combination of both rapid acting and intermediate acting insulins. They can be a

By Mark Green

October 19, 2020

SGLT-2 Inhibitors explained

Continuing with our medication series today we are discussing the class known as SGLT-2 inhibitors. This stands for sodium glucose co-transporter 2. As with all the posts in this series,

By Mark Green

October 18, 2020

Long acting Insulin – Lantus, Levemir, Abasaglar, Tresiba, Toujeo

Long acting insulins have been around for a while now but in the grand scheme of things, they are still relatively new to the diabetes world. Over the years they

By Mark Green

October 12, 2020

Rapid insulin – Novorapid, Humalog, Fiasp, Apidra.

Rapid acting insulin helps with the digestion and absorption of food. They are used to treat many forms of diabetes but are most commonly used in type 1 diabetes. There

By Mark Green

August 25, 2020

Metformin (Biguanides)

Continuing with our medication series today we are discussing the class known as biguanides. You may this as Metformin which is what we will refer to it as from this

By Mark Green

August 10, 2020

Glucagon Like Peptide – 1 (GLP-1)

Continuing with our medication series today we are discussing the class known as glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1). As with all the posts in this series, this is not advice about

By Mark Green

August 10, 2020

DPP-4 Inhibitors – Linagliptin, Sitagliptin, Alogliptin, Saxagliptin

Continuing with our medication series today we are discussing the class known as Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4 inhibitors). As with all the posts in this series, this is not advice

By Mark Green

August 10, 2020

How to inject insulin

In the hospital and community we are frequently teaching patients how to inject insulin. Some a new starters and others simply need a refresher. However, if you start on insulin,

By Mark Green

July 13, 2020

Sulphonylureas

Continuing with our medication series today we are discussing the class known as sulphonylureas. As with all the posts in this series, this is not advice about whether or not

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Intermediate acting insulins – Insulatard & Humulin I

Mixed Insulins – – Novomix, Humulin M3, Humalog Mix, Insuman

SGLT-2 Inhibitors explained

Long acting Insulin – Lantus, Levemir, Abasaglar, Tresiba, Toujeo

Rapid insulin – Novorapid, Humalog, Fiasp, Apidra.

Metformin (Biguanides)

Glucagon Like Peptide – 1 (GLP-1)

DPP-4 Inhibitors – Linagliptin, Sitagliptin, Alogliptin, Saxagliptin

How to inject insulin

Sulphonylureas

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