TABLE THREE. A table to show the range of Insulins available for injection, plus details of their TIMING action, duration. SHORT means they act quickly after the injection. MEDIUM means they act more slowly over a longer period. LONG means they act slower over a very long period of time. Full details are shown for each Insulin in the row for that item. NOTE - all Times and speeds are approximate and may vary from person to person.
SPEED and TIME that Insulin acts. Name of Insulin. Name of Manufacturer. Type of Insulin (Animal, Human or Analogue.) Available as - Pen (injector) Cartridge, Loaded Pen, Vial. TIMING - START of Insulin action after injection. TIMING - END of Insulin action after injection. TIMING - PEAK activity for duration of Insulin. WHEN Insulin is normally injected, before Food is eaten.
SHORT NovoRapid (aspart) Novo Nordisk Analogue Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 15 Minutes. 4 hours. 20 minutes to 3 hours. 10 minutes before Food.
SHORT Humalog (lispro) Eli Lilly Analogue Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 15 Minutes. 4 hours. 20 minutes to 2 hours. 10 minutes before Food.
SHORT Hypurin Bovine Neutral CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (beef) Pen Cartridge, Vial 15 Minutes. 8 hours. 40 minutes to 4 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
SHORT Hypurin Porcine Neutral CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (pork) Pen Cartridge, Vial 15 Minutes. 8 hours. 40 minutes to 4 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
SHORT Human Actrapid Novo Nordisk Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 15 Minutes. 8 hours. 30 minutes to 3 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
SHORT Human Velosulin Novo Nordisk Human Vial 15 Minutes. 8 hours. 30 minutes to 3 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
SHORT Pork Actrapid Novo Nordisk Animal (pork) Vial 15 Minutes. 8 hours. 20 minutes to 3 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
SHORT Humulin S Eli Lilly Human Pen Cartridge, Vial 15 Minutes. 7 hours. 40 minutes to 3 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
SHORT Humaject S Eli Lilly Human Loaded pen 15 Minutes. 7 hours. 40 minutes to 3 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
SHORT Insuman Rapid Aventis Pharma Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 15 Minutes. 4 hours. 20 minutes to 2 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humulin M2 Eli Lilly Human Pen Cartridge 20 Minutes. 15 hours. 1 hour to 8 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humulin M3 Eli Lilly Human Pen Cartridge, Vial 20 Minutes. 15 hours. 1 hour to 8 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humulin M5 Eli Lilly Human Vial 20 Minutes. 15 hours. 1 hour to 8 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humulin I Eli Lilly Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 15 Minutes. 20 hours. 40 minutes to 8 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Hypurin Porcine 30/70 mix CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (pork) Pen Cartridge, Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 2 hours to 8 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Human Mixtard 30, 50 Novo Nordisk Human Vial 20 Minutes. 24 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Human Mixtard 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 Novo Nordisk Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded Pen 20 Minutes. 24 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Pork Mixtard 30 Novo Nordisk Animal (pork) Vial 20 Minutes. 24 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humaject M3 Eli Lilly Human Loaded Pen 20 Minutes. 18 hours. 1 hour to 7 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Insuman Comb 15 Aventis Pharma Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 30 Minutes. 22 hours. 2 hours to 7 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Insuman Comb 25 Aventis Pharma Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 30 Minutes. 20 hours. 3 hours to 5 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Insuman Comb 50 Aventis Pharma Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 20 Minutes. 24 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 20 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Insuman Basal Aventis Pharma Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 20 Minutes. 20 hours. 1 hour to 4 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM NovoMix 30 Novo Nordisk Analogue Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen 15 Minutes. 24 hours. 40 minutes to 4 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humalog Mix 25 Eli Lilly Analogue Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen 15 Minutes. 15 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
MEDIUM Humalog Mix 50 Eli Lilly Analogue Loaded pen 15 Minutes. 15 hours. 30 minutes to 8 hours. 15 minutes before Food.
LONG Human Insulatard Novo Nordisk Human Pen Cartridge, Loaded pen, Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 1 hour to 12 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Human Monotard Novo Nordisk Human Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 2 hours to 15 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Human Ultratard Novo Nordisk Human Vial 1 Hour. 28 hours. 4 hours to 24 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Pork Insulatard Novo Nordisk Animal (pork) Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 1 hour to 12 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Humulin Lente Eli Lilly Human Vial 40 minutes. 24 hours. 2 hours to 16 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Humulin ZN Eli Lilly Human Vial 1 Hour. 24 hours. 3 hours to 14 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Hypurin Bovine Isophane CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (beef) Pen Cartridge, Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 2 hours to 12 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Hypurin Bovine Lente CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (beef) Vial 30 Minutes. 30 hours. 2 hours to 12 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Hypurin Bovine PZI CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (beef) Vial 2 hours. 36 hours. 6 hours to 20 hours. 30 minutes before Food.
LONG Hypurin Porcine Isophane CP Pharmaceuticals Animal (pork) Pen Cartridge, Vial 30 Minutes. 24 hours. 2 hours to 12 hours. 30 minutes before Food.