Nursing

Diabetes Mellitus Medications 

Insulin  

Type                     Name                    Onset          Peak Action      Duration      

Rapid Acting             

Insulin              

 

Short Acting               

Insulin                

                

Intermediate    

Acting Insulin

 

 


Long Acting                        

Insulin                                                                                                 

          

          

 

Ultra Long          

Acting Insulin           


Option Bank:

30-90 min 36+hrs 3-5 hrs        15-30 min 5-7 hrs Peakless 1-2 hrs

2-3 hrs No Peak 6 hrs 24 hrs 30-60 mins 1 hr 4-6 hrs

14-24 hrs

Glargine (Lantus)/Detemir (Levemir Glargine u-300(Toujeo)

Insulin Isophane/Humulin N/ Novolin N Regular Insulin/Humulin R/Novolin R

Human insulin/ lispro (Humalog)/Novolog