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What are the rapid and short-acting insulins?
- insulin gluisine
- insulin lispro
- insulin aspart
- regular insulin
what are the intermediate acting insulins
- isophane insulin suspension (NPH insulin, Humulin N)
- insulin zinc suspension
Combinations
- insulin lispro protmaine and insulin lispro
- isophane human insulin and regular human insulin
Insulin-gluisine
- Onset: 15 min
- Peak: 1 hour
- Duration: 2-3 hours
Insulin lispro
- onset: 15 min
- peak: 1 hour
- duration: 4 hours
Insulin aspart
- onset: 30 min
- peak: 1-3 hours
- duration: 3-5 hours
Regular Insulin
- onset: 30min-1 hour
- peak: 2-4 hours
- duration: 5-7 hours
isophane insulin suspension (NPH insulin, Humulin N)
- onset: 3-4 hours
- peak: 6-12 hours
- duration: 18-28 hours
Insulin zinc suspension
- onset: 1-3 hours
- peak: 8-12 hours
- duration: 36 hours
extended insulin zinc suspension
- onset: 4-6 hours
- peak: 18-24 hours
- Duration: 36 hours
What are the types of long-acting insulins?
- exteded insulin zinc suspension
- Insulin glargine
- Insulin detemir
Insulin glargine
- onset: 1-5 hours
- peak: Plateau
- duration: 24 hours
insulin detemir
- onset: 3-4 hours
- peak: “peakless”
- Duration: 24 hours
isophane human insulin and regular human insulin
- onset: 30 min
- peak: 3 hours
- duration: 22-24 hours
insulin lispro protmaine an insulin lispro
- onset: 15 min
- peak: 30 min to 6 hours
- duration: 24 hours

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Acting times of insulin

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2011-02-13T07:25:38Z

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