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Side Effects of Insulin
By Any Safarodiyah
Side effects of Insulin are different in each people. Some of us experience them, some do not. Some side effects which can emerge are:
1. Degradation of blood sugar rate till resulting in hypoglycemia. It may be caused by late meal, abundant activity, or insulin use exceeds the suggested dose. If the hypoglycemia happened, you better consume the fruit or candy.
2. Redness and itchiness at the injection place.
3. Allergic reaction. It can be moderate or even severe. Moderate symptoms include swelling, itchy or squeezing at injection place. Severe symptoms among other are: pulse become quickly, blood pressure descends, squeezing all over the body, breath become difficult. If a patient experiences the severe symptoms, he/she should immediately contact his/her doctor.
Interaction with Other Drug
When you use insulin with other drug, you require paying attention to the kind of drug whether it can improve or degrade the rate of blood sugar. Drug which can degrade the sugar rate for example: anti hypertension drug (i.e. captropril), anabolic steroid (testoteron, nandrolone), oral hypoglycemic agent (sulfonylurea or biguanid), fibrates (gemfibrozile), antidepressant, and some other drug.
Drugs which can improve the rate of blood sugar for example are antipsychotic drugs (chlorpromazids), corticosteroids (prednison), diuretics (thiazid), isoniazid (antituberculosis), danazole, lithium, and other drug. We must add the dose of insulin if it used together with those drug above.
Another kind of drugs containing hormone, for example estrogen and progresteron found in oral contraceptives can influence the rate of blood sugar. So, woman using contraceptive agent also require to accomodate the insulin dose.
Patient of diabetes mellitus using insulin better submits to his/her physician any kind of drugs he/she has already consumed before to avoid the dangerous drug interaction impact.
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