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Diabetes treatment
Diabetes prevention and treatment.
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Diabetes treatment
Intensive therapy
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A treatment for diabetes in which blood glucose is kept as close to normal as possible. Optimal blood glucose levels are reached through frequent injections of insulin or use of an insulin pump, meal ...
Short-acting insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of insulin with an onset of 30 to 60 minutes, a peak at 2 to 4 hours, and a duration of 5 to 8 hours. See regular insulin.
Rapid-acting insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of insulin with an onset of 15 minutes, a peak at 30 to 90 minutes, and a duration of 3 to 5 hours. See insulin aspart, insulin glulisine, and insulin lispro.
Intermediate-acting insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of insulin with an onset of 1 to 3 hours, a peak at 8 hours, and a duration of 12 to 16 hours. See nph insulin.
Long-acting insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of insulin with an onset of 1 hour, no peak, and a duration of 20 to 26 hours. See insulin detemir and insulin glargine.
Inhaled insulin
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of insulin under development taken with a special device that enables the user to breathe in insulin through the mouth.
Amylin mimetic
Health care; Diabetes treatment
A type of injectable medicine for diabetes that mimics the effect of the hormone amylin. This medicine helps food move more slowly through the stomach and helps keep the liver from releasing stored ...
