Insulin wallchart

Name

Manufacturer

RAPID-ACTING ANALOGUE
NovoRapid
Novo Nordisk
Humalog
Lilly
Apidra
Sanofi-Aventis
SHORT-ACTING INSULINS/NEUTRAL INSULIN
Actrapid
Novo Nordisk
Pork Actrapid*
Novo Nordisk
Velosulin*
Novo Nordisk
Humulin S
Lilly
Hypurin Bovine Neutral
Wockhardt UK
Hypurin Porcine Neutral
Wockhardt UK
Insuman Rapid
Sanofi-Aventis
Exubera
Pfizer
MEDIUM AND LONG-ACTING INSULINS
Novo Nordisk
Insulatard

Key to colours
duration
onset

peak

Times are approximate and

may vary from person to person.
This is a guide only.

Source

Delivery system

Taken

Analogue
Analogue
Analogue

Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen

Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen
Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen

Just before / with / just after food

Just before / with / just after food
015 minutes before, or soon after, a meal

Human
Pork
Human
Human
Bovine
Porcine
Human
Human

Vial
Vial
Vial
Vial, cartridge
Vial, cartridge
Vial, cartridge
Cartridge, prefilled pen
Blister pack, inhaler

30 mins before food

30 mins before food
30 mins before food
2045 mins before food
1530 mins before food
1530 mins before food
1530 mins before food
Within 10 mins before food

Human

Vial, cartridge, pre-filled insulin doser

About 30 mins before food or bed

Humulin I
Hypurin Bovine Isophane
Hypurin Bovine Lente
Hypurin Bovine PZI
Hypurin Porcine Isophane
Insuman Basal
Pork Insulatard*
MIXED INSULINS
Mixtard 30
Mixtard 10, 20, 40, 50*
Humulin M3
Hypurin Porcine 30/70 Mix

Lilly
Wockhardt UK
Wockhardt UK

Human
Bovine
Bovine

Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen

Vial, cartridge

About 30 mins before food or bed

As advised by your healthcare team

Vial

As advised by your healthcare team

Wockhardt UK
Wockhardt UK
Sanofi-Aventis

Bovine
Porcine

Vial
Vial, cartridge

As advised by your healthcare team

As advised by your healthcare team

Human

Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen

About 45 mins before food or bed

Novo Nordisk

Pork

Vial

About 30 mins before food or bed

Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk
Lilly
Wockhardt UK

Human
Human
Human
Porcine

Vial, cartridge, pre-filled insulin doser

Cartridge
Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen
Vial, cartridge

30 mins before food

30 mins before food
2045 mins before food
As advised by your healthcare team

Insuman Comb 15
Insuman Comb 25
Insuman Comb 50
Pork Mixtard 30*
ANALOGUE MIXTURE
Humalog Mix 25
Humalog Mix 50
NovoMix 30
LONG-ACTING ANALOGUE

Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi-Aventis

Human
Human
Human

Prefilled pen
Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen
Cartridge, prefilled pen

3045 mins before food

3045 mins before food
2030 mins before food

Novo Nordisk

Pork

Vial

About 30 mins before food or bed

Lilly

Analogue

Cartridge, prefilled pen

Just before / with / just after food

Lilly
Novo Nordisk

Analogue
Analogue

Cartridge, prefilled pen

Cartridge, prefilled pen

Just before / with / just after food

Just before / with / just after food

Lantus
Levemir

Sanofi-Aventis
Novo Nordisk

Analogue
Analogue

Vial, cartridge, prefilled pen

Cartridge, prefilled pen

Once a day, anytime (but at same time each day)

Once or twice daily

Company contacts
Novo Nordisk: 0845 600 5055 Lilly: 01256 315999 Wockhardt UK: 01978 661261 Sanofi-Aventis:
* Discontinued from end of December 2007

01483 505515 Pfizer: 01304 616161

Onset, peak and duration

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34

36hrs

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