What is Insulin NPH?
Category: Prescription Drugs
Most popular types: Novolin N Humulin N Humulin I Show all
See also: Humulin Mix 70/30 Insulin NPH-insulin regular Mixtard 30 Penfill Novolin 70/30 PenFill Novolin Mix 70/30 Novopen Mixtard 50 HM
NPH insulin is an intermediate acting insulin used for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus to improve glycemic control. It is also used for gestational diabetes mellitus.
Purpose | Patients | Evaluations | Perceived Effectiveness |
---|---|---|---|
Diabetes type 1 | 608 | 11 | |
Diabetes type 2 | 45 | 10 | |
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) | 4 | 0 | |
Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes | 3 | 0 | |
Diabetes insipidus | 1 | 1 |
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
Side effects
Side effects as an overall problem
Severity | Evaluations | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Severe | 0 | |
Moderate | 3 | |
Mild | 3 | |
None | 16 |
Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Insulin NPH
Side effect | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) | 3 | |
Reactive hypoglycemia | 1 | |
Weight gain | 1 |
Why patients stopped taking Insulin NPH
Multiple reasons could be selected
Reason | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Doctor's advice | 17 | |
Other | 12 | |
Course of treatment ended | 8 | |
Did not seem to work | 5 | |
Side effects too severe | 3 | |
Change in health plan coverage | 2 | |
Expense | 1 |
Duration
Currently taking Insulin NPH
Duration | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
5 - 10 years | 1 | |
10 years or more | 1 |
Stopped taking Insulin NPH
Duration | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Less than 1 month | 1 | |
1 - 6 months | 3 | |
6 months - 1 year | 1 | |
1 - 2 years | 2 | |
2 - 5 years | 7 | |
5 - 10 years | 4 | |
10 years or more | 12 |
What people switch to and from
Patients started taking Insulin NPH after stopping:
Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Lantus) | Insulin Glargine (4 | |
Diamicron) | Gliclazide (2 | |
Humalog) | Insulin Lispro (2 | |
Novolog) | Insulin Aspart (1 | |
Insulin Aspart Protamine | 1 |
Patients stopped taking Insulin NPH and switched to:
Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Novolog) | Insulin Aspart (6 | |
Lantus) | Insulin Glargine (5 | |
Levemir) | insulin detemir (2 | |
Nesina) | Alogliptin (1 | |
Azor) | Amlodipine-olmesartan (1 |
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