Recommended injection sites are the hips, thighs, and the abdomen. Now you're all set. Using the alcohol wipe, clean the designated area to help prevent infection. Once clean and dry, pinch a 2 ...

were injected with sterile air corresponding to 20 IU insulin (200 μl) with 32-G 5-mm needles at 90° or 45°, in the abdomen and thigh, and with or without a pinched skin fold. Injection depth ...

Instead, it must be delivered into the tissues under the skin. This is most commonly done using insulin injections. Here's what you need to know about using insulin and how to inject it properly.

Rapid-acting insulin is injected at the same time as a meal is being consumed. The peak will occur no later than 90 minutes after injection. Finally, GLP-1 helps regulate blood sugar levels by ...

Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes sufferers. In results published today in the Royal ...

NovoPen ®, the first insulin pen injector, was introduced in 1985. This article reviews the published evidence over two decades of use of the NovoPen ® family of injection devices in diabetes ...

Rutgers Health researchers have found that a weekly injection of diabetes medication could replace painful daily hormone shots for people with a rare genetic form of lipodystrophy that leaves patients ...