Facts about insulin

Different insulins, different regimens

• Your body has different methods of providing glucose for release into the bloodstream 
  
  
• After a meal, the carbohydrate that you have eaten is released from your gut into the bloodstream 
  
  
• Very fast-acting insulin is taken to control this surge of blood glucose that occurs after your meal
  
  
• When you are fasting or between meals, your liver produces glucose from stores of fat and carbohydrates within your body
  
  
• Long-acting insulin is required to control this process and to prevent the development of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

The different regimens are summarised below:

1. Long-acting insulin

Background or basal insulin.

2. Very fast-acting insulin

Meal time insulin that works very quickly for a short period of time.

3. Premixed insulin

Addresses background and meal time requirements.

Your doctor or nurse will give you more information and help you decide which is the best regimen for you.

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