Insulin Types and Information | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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There are a number of types of insulin available. From rapid acting to long acting, from animal insulin through to analogue insulins. Insulin can be categorised by how the insulin is derived and how quickly it acts.

Animal insulin, as the name suggests, comes from animals. Human insulin is misleading as it doesn’t, in fact, come from humans. Instead, human insulin is a laboratory made insulin.

Analogue insulin is a type of lab grown human insulin which is modified to affect how quickly or slowly it acts.

Each of these types of insulin can also be categorised by the speed at which they works. This is termed the action of the insulin.

Action of insulin varies[1] from rapid acting insulins which can start to work almost immediately after being injected, through to long acting insulins which can keep working fo...