Patient was educated on how to take long-acting insulins as follows: Take the insulin shot at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the shot. This also helps to avoid lags in insulin coverage or stacking up the doses of insulin too close. Noncompliance with taking the insulin shot can precipitate an episode of elevated blood sugar and hyperglycemic symptoms. These long-acting insulins have longer durations for onset and total duration of actions. They [...]

Patient was educated on long-acting insulins as follows: Long-acting insulins are insulins that have the slowest onset of action and the longest duration of action than insulins belonging to any other groups. These insulins generally reach the bloodstream in about 4 hours after the shot was administered and tends to lower glucose levels fair and even, with no defined peak, for a duration of over 24-hour period. Examples of long acting insulins include, Insulin Detemir [...]