Patient was educated on blood glucose levels as follows: Fasting blood sugars (Before breakfast) This is the blood sugar reading taken, usually early in the morning with an overnight empty stomach. For nondiabetics, this number should be in a healthy range, between 70 - 99 (less than 100). In diabetics, the goal is to maintain this number in a healthy range between 70 – 130. 2 hours postprandial This is the blood sugar reading taken [...]
Patient was educated on administration and side effects of rapid acting insulins as follows: These rapid acting insulins are administered as subcutaneously shots and they provide faster relief for changes in your blood sugar. Because these drugs lower the blood sugars very fast, one should always check their blood sugars before taking these insulins. This is just to avoid hypoglycemic attacks, should the blood sugars be already low and taking these insulins can get the [...]
Patient was educated on rapid acting insulins as follows: This insulin begins to work in about 15 minutes after the shot was administered, peaks in about 1 hour, and continues to work for a duration of 2 to 4 hours. Examples of rapid acting insulins include Apidra, Humalog and Novolog. Humalog and Novolog are two diabetes medications. Humalog is the brand-name version of insulin Lispro, and Novolog is the brand-name version of insulin Aspart. These drugs both help [...]
Patient was educated on the administration and side effects of long acting insulins as follows: Inject long acting insulin at the same time every day, to avoid lags in insulin coverage or stacking up the doses of insulin too close. Hypoglycemia happens to be the most common side-effect with this medication. The risk for this complication multiplies with the patient not being compliant with the time of administration and stacking up the dose of insulin [...]
Patient was educated on long acting insulins as follows: Long acting insulingenerally reaches the bloodstream in several hours after the shot was administered and tends to lower glucose levels evenly over a 24-hour period. Examples of long acting insulins include, Insulin Detemir (Levemir) and Insulin Glargine (Lantus), Insulin Glargine (Toujeo), and Insulin Degludec (Tresiba). All these products differ in chemical compositions and so, they differ with the duration of their actions. Longest acting is, Insulin [...]
