Skip navigation
MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for YouU.S. National Library of MedicineNational Institutes of Health
Contact UsFAQsSite MapAbout MedlinePlus
HomeespañolHealth TopicsDrugs & SupplementsMedical EncyclopediaDictionaryNewsDirectoriesOther Resources

Diabetes means your blood glucose, or blood sugar, is too high. If you can't control your diabetes with wise food choices and physical activity, you may need diabetes medicines. The kind of medicine you take depends on your type of diabetes, your schedule, and your other health conditions.

With Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. If you have type 1 diabetes, you will need to take insulin. (Read more)

Photograph of pills in a hand
Results 1 - 10 of 790 for insulin
  1. Diabetes Medicines (National Library of Medicine)
    ... Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. If ...
  2. Metabolic Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
    ... cause of metabolic syndrome. The cause might be insulin resistance. Insulin is a hormone your body produces to help ... into energy for your body. If you are insulin resistant, too much sugar builds up in your ...
  3. Diabetes Type 1 (National Library of Medicine)
    ... Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps glucose get into your cells to give them energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. Over ...
  4. Diabetes (National Library of Medicine)
    ... high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose get ... Type 1 diabetes, your body does not make insulin. With Type 2 diabetes, the more common type, ...
  5. Insulin glargine is used to treat type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not produce insulin and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar ... condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and, therefore, cannot control the amount of ...
  6. Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
    ... mail Print Consumer Guide – Mar. 25, 2009 Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults ... ahrq.gov Fast Facts Fast facts on premixed insulin When people have type 2 diabetes, their body ...
  7. Insulin glulisine is used to treat type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not make insulin and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar ... because the body does not produce or use insulin normally) who need insulin to control their diabetes. ...
  8. Insulin lispro is used to control blood sugar in people who have diabetes. Insulin lispro is in a class of medications called ... who have diabetes do not produce enough natural insulin, a substance that is needed to break down ...
  9. Insulin injection is used to control blood sugar in people who have type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not make insulin and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar ...
  10. Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
    ... Topics and Titles : Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes Insulin Resistance and Pre-diabetes What is insulin resistance? ... Hope through Research For More Information What is insulin resistance? Insulin resistance is a condition in which ...
previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · next