Long-acting (basal) insulin. This is sometimes called background insulin because it works for 24 hours or more. You usually take it once a day at the same time. There are a few types of long ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition caused by an autoimmune reaction, in which your body attacks the cells in your pancreas that make the hormone insulin.

such as basal-bolus insulin. However, some healthcare professionals may still temporarily use sliding scale insulin therapy for people with noncritical type 2 diabetes who are in the hospital.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing authorisation ...

compared the efficacy and safety of a basal-bolus insulin regimen with that of sliding-scale regular insulin (SSI) in hospitalized general medical patients with type 2 diabetes. The prospective ...

Novo Nordisk said that if approved for use, insulin icodec would reduce the number of basal insulin injections needed per year for type 2 diabetics from 365 to 52, a significant reduction in ...