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2. Insulin (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Insulin was first used as a medication in Canada by Charles Best and Frederick Banting in 1922. [85] [86] This is a chronology of key milestones in the history of the medical use of insulin. For more details on the discovery, extraction, purification, clinical use, and synthesis of insulin, see Insulin

3. Conventional insulin therapy - Wikipedia

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   Conventional insulin therapy is characterized by: Insulin injections of a mixture of regular (or rapid) and intermediate acting insulin are performed two times a day, or to improve overnight glucose, mixed in the morning to cover breakfast and lunch, but with regular (or rapid) acting insulin alone for dinner and intermediate acting insulin at bedtime (instead of being mixed in at dinner).

4. NPH insulin - Wikipedia

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   The timeline is as follows: [citation needed] 1926 Nordisk receives Danish charter to produce insulin; 1936 Hagedorn discovers that adding protamine to insulin prolongs the effect of insulin; 1936 Canadians D.M. Scott and A.M. Fisher formulate zinc insulin mixture and license to Novo; 1946 Nordisk crystallizes a protamine and insulin mixture

5. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

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   Drugs used in diabetes treat types of diabetes mellitus by decreasing glucose levels in the blood.With the exception of insulin, most GLP-1 receptor agonists (liraglutide, exenatide, and others), and pramlintide, all diabetes medications are administered orally and are thus called oral hypoglycemic agents or oral antihyperglycemic agents.

6. Insulin - Wikipedia

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   Insulin is a peptide hormone containing two chains cross-linked by disulfide bridges. Insulin (/ ˈ ɪ n. sj ʊ. l ɪ n /, [5] [6] from Latin insula, 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene. It is the main anabolic hormone of the body. [7]

7. Intensive insulin therapy - Wikipedia

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   Intensive insulin therapy or flexible insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. This newer approach contrasts with conventional insulin therapy. Rather than minimize the number of insulin injections per day (a technique which demands a rigid schedule for food and activities), the intensive approach favors ...