Archive for July, 2009
I like to know how things work but don’t seem to be able to find the answer to this one. I started on Levemir injections recently and everything I read is about the insulin, why I need it and where and how to inject.
If I take tablets I understand how they get into the system but where does the long lasting insulin go from the injection site. Is it circulating in the blood, stored in the liver or elsewhere.
Can anyone tell me or know of a good website with more information.
When you inject insulin, it breaks down and then gets absorbed into capillaries and into the blood stream. The 1st site listed explains how insulin (from the pancreas) goes through the blood stream and how it enters cells and what happens after that, and the 2nd site listed explains how Insulin that is injected gets into the blood stream. Good question, I didn’t really understand the whole process myself and I inject also!
