The injected insulin when gets absorbed into the body via blood, its action in lowering the blood sugar is continuous and bears no relation to the needs of the sugar levels in the blood. In other words, even when the blood sugar reaches the normal level or even below normal levels, injected insulin continues to […]
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Crystalline insulin produced less irritation at the site of injection than the original crude insulin, and it had a quick but shorter action. Hence, to control diabetes, two or three injections of crystalline insulin per day were necessary. In 1936, Hagedorn and others from Denmark reported that the action of insulin could be prolonged, if […]
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Insulin is a powerful hormone which enables the liver to store glucose in the form of glycogen. With the help of insulin, the muscles take up glucose for energy or store it and the fat depots take up glucose and store it in the form of fat. Through insulin, the muscle proteins get replenished by […]
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