Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what’s called a biosimilar or OK substituting it for a more expensive brand-name insulin. Wednesday’s move by the Food and Drug Administration will allow ...

People with type I diabetes have to inject themselves multiple times a day with manufactured insulin to maintain healthy levels of the hormone, as their bodies do not naturally produce enough. The ...

U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore. Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what’s called a ...

A century ago, type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. Children diagnosed rarely survived more than a year or two, wasting away as their bodies starved despite food. Then, in 1921, in a modest lab in ...

As with other drugs, Lantus (insulin glargine) can cause side effects, such as weight gain and injection site reactions. If side effects of Lantus become difficult to tolerate, talk with your doctor ...

Humalog (insulin lispro) and Humulin N (insulin isophane human) are brand-name prescription* medications. They’re approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help treat type 1 and type 2 ...

If you’re on insulin to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it’s critical to know exactly how to use it. “Insulin can be a very dangerous drug if used improperly,” says Stanley Mathew, MD, an ...

Your brain makes insulin – the same insulin produced by your pancreas. The same insulin that is not produced in people with type 1 diabetes and the same insulin that does not work properly in people ...

U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore. Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what's called a ...