Insulin is used to treat diabetes mellitus. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, circulation problems, and blindness.

1. Insulin Injectable

2.  Insulin is used to treat diabetes mellitus.
 Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney
disease, circulation problems, and blindness.

3.  Other Injectable Medications. Besides insulin a hormone that helps the
body use glucose for energy.
 The beta cells of the pancreas make insulin.
 When the body cannot make enough insulin, it is taken by injection or
through use of an insulin pump.
 There are other injectable drugs used to treat diabetes.

4. •
Injectable Insulin Medications:
• Medication name Onset Peak
Insulin glulisine (Apidra®) 10-15 minutes 1-2 hour
Insulin aspart (Novolog®) 10-15 minutes 1-2 hours
Insulin lispro (Humalog®) 10-15 minutes 1-2 hours
Regular insulin 30-60 minutes 2-4 hours

5. How it works:
Injection in abdomen, legs, arms—insulin directly lowers glucose levels by
increasing uptake into muscle and fatty tissue, and reducing release of
glucose from the liver.

6. Side effects:
 Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
 Local allergic reaction (rare)
 Comments/special instructions:
 Insulin may lead to weight gain.
 Humalog®, Novolog®, and Apidra® may be taken 15 minutes before eating
and may be mixed with NPH.
 Regular insulin is taken 30 minutes before eating and may be mixed with
NPH.
 NPH is taken twice a day before meals or in the morning and at bedtime.

7. Insulin overdose can occur :
 If you use too much insulin or if you use the right amount of insulin but
eat less than usual or exercise more than usual.
 Insulin overdose can cause hypoglycemia. If you have any symptoms of
hypoglycemia, follow your doctor's instructions for what you should do if
you develop hypoglycemia.
Other symptoms of overdose:
 loss of consciousness
 seizures

8. Why Spero?
Spero Healthcare has evolved around the idea of coexisting with
hospital and consultants for a patient who is ill enough to need
additional health care, but stable enough to be discharged from
the hospital. Understanding the current need and challenges
faced by the patient,
Spero healthcare have come up with systematic approach to
address all the above challenges by developing technology
solution, professional enhancement through training, integration
of services through dedicated healthcare management and
robust processes.

9. Services Offer By Spero
 Ambulation
 BedSore Care and advice
 Bilateral Stich Removal
 Bladder Wash
 Bladder Wash (In Situ Catheter)
 BSL on Glucometer with Doctor Visit
 Cast Monitoring and Removal
 Catheter Care
 Catheter Insertion (Silicon)
 Catheter Insertion (Simple)
 Catheter Removal
 Central Line (Advance IV) removal
 Central Line (Advance IV) care
 Colostomy Care

10. Other Services Offer
By Spero
• Physician (Doctor)assistant services
• Physiotherapy services
• Healthcare assistant services (24 Hours)
• Home Healthcare equipment
• Nurse Services
• Medical Transportation
• Respiratory Services
• Lab Service

11. Spero Healthcare
Office No.5 Bhosale House Apts, Karve Road.Pune-411004
WebSite
www.sperohealthcare.in