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Diffrence among insulin products

• Anonymous ORIGINAL POSTER
  Diffrence among insulin products - Posted by Anonymous

  How different is novolog from humolog?
• Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE PROFESSIONAL
  Answered 8/11/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

  Novolog and Humolog are both rapid, pre-meal insulin products. Both can be given within 15 minutes of the meal. Novolog is manufactured by Novo-Nordisk and Humolog is manufactured by Eli Lilly. For the purposes of improving blood sugar after a meal, neither insulin product is considered better than the other insulin product. Because these 2 products are different from one another, they are not interchangeable either. If a person starts on Novolog, for example, it is recommended he or she continue with it.