Importance of the structure of insulin preparations for clinical practice

Abstract

Since the first application of insulin in the 1920s, many clinically necessary changes in the insulin action, effect reduction and extension, hypoglycemia risk reduction and positive weight development have been achieved by way of technological changes of insulin preparatensions.

Keywords

• Insulin
• protamine insulin
• lente insulins
• insulin analogues
• incretin mimetics
• hypoglycemia
• weight
• diabetes