Human Insulin
Human Insulin Information

About Human Insulin

Insulin is a small protein. It contains 51 amino acid arranged in two chains (A and B) joined together by disulfide linkage. Human Insulin is produced by semisynthetic and recombinant DNA techniques. In 1921, Banting and Best extracted insulin from the pancrease and demonstrated its therapeutic effects in diabetic dogs and human subjects. its appears to be as effective as conventional animal insulins, it appears to be considerably less immunogenic in diabetes patients than beef-pork insulins.

Indications

Human Insulin is primarily indicated in conditions like Diabetes mellitus, Hyperkalaemia, Iddm.

Contraindication

Human Insulin

Side Effects

Human Insulin produces potentially life-threatening effects which include Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemia. which are responsible for the discontinuation of Human Insulin therapy.

Warnings

its doses will vary among patients and should be determined by the healthcare provider familiar with the patient’s metabolic needs, eating habits, and other lifestyle variablesThe dose of insulin lispro protamine when available in combination with insulin lispro (75/25 or 50/50 ratio) should be given within 15 minutes before a meal.

High Risk Groups

Drug should not be given to patients suffering from Kidney dysfunction.If prescribing authority justifies the benefits of the drug against the possible damages he/she should reevaluate them and consult the reference material and previous studies.