Humulin R: A medicine that can be used to treat the diabetes type I efficiently

Diabetes is a widely discussed topic all over the world. Considerable amount of world population despite of the sex, is suffering from this disease. Diabetes can be defined as the higher blood glucose level than the reference level. Usually the blood carries 64.8-104.4 mg of glucose per one deciliter of blood. Excessive thirst, increased urine production, clouded vision, weariness, numbness and tingling of the hands, feet and legs can be the initial signs of diabetes. These diabetes signs should not be ignored and a medical practitioner has to be consulted immediately who is doing diabetic treatment.

Diabetes can be categorized in to two types. They are insulin dependent diabetes and insulin independent diabetes. Insulin is a protein molecule that can be act as a hormone in human body. It converts the excess amount of glucose in to glycogen. Glycogen is stored in the liver. Further insulin accelerates the cell intake of glucose for the metabolism and in that way also the glucose level in the blood is reduced.

Several medications have been developed by the drug developers all around the world to treat type I and type II diabetes. Some of these medications are available as tablets or pills that can be taken orally. Some of the other drugs are designed to inject as subcutaneous vaccines. Most of the times tablets and the pills are given to treat diabetes type II. Insulin hormone is given as subcutaneous injections and most of the times used to treat the diabetes type I.

Humulin R is such a drug that can be used to treat type I diabetes. However the diabetic patients suffering from some of the other diseases like renal failure, liver diseases, cirrhosis and hepatitis should not use Humulin R injection. The ladies who are pregnant or planning to be pregnant or the nursing mothers should inform their physician if he has prescribed this drug for them. If your physical activities are changed the dosage should be altered. Therefore the change of your physical activities should be informed to make the alterations to your doses.

Humulin R is an effective drug that starts its activity within the body after 30-60 minutes of the injection. Its activity is elevated at the 50-120 minutes after the injection.