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I-Insulin glargine iyi-insulin esebenza isikhathi eside esiza abantu abanesifo sikashukela ukulawula amazinga kashukela egazini labo usuku lonke nobusuku. Kuyinguqulo yokwenziwa ye-insulin yomuntu eyenzelwe ngqo ukusebenza kancane kancane futhi ngokuqinile emzimbeni wakho amahora angafika kwangu-24.
Lo muthi ulingisa i-insulin yemvelo i-pancreas yakho ngokuvamile engayikhiqiza ukuze igcine ushukela wakho wegazi uzinzile phakathi kokudla nalapho ulele. Cabanga ngayo njengokusekelwa kwe-insulin yomzimba wakho, esebenza buthule ngemuva kwezigcawu ukusiza ukugcina amazinga e-glucose anempilo.
I-Insulin glargine iyi-recombinant human insulin analog enikeza ukulawulwa kukashukela wegazi okuhlala isikhathi eside. Ingxenye ethi "recombinant" isho ukuthi yenziwe kusetshenziswa izindlela zobunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo ukudala i-insulin ecishe ifane naleyo umzimba wakho oyikhiqiza ngokwemvelo.
Ngokungafani ne-insulin ejwayelekile esebenza ngokushesha amahora ambalwa, i-insulin glargine ikhishwa kancane egazini lakho emahoreni angama-20 kuya kwangama-24. Lokhu kukhishwa okuqhubekayo kusiza ekuvikeleni ukwanda nokwehla okuyingozi kukashukela wegazi okungenzeka uma ungadli noma ngenkathi ulele.
Umuthi uza njengesixazululo esicacile, esingenambala osijova ngaphansi kwesikhumba sakho kanye ngosuku. Yenzelwe ukuthi ingabi nasici esiphawulekayo, okusho ukuthi isebenza ezingeni eliqhubekayo usuku lonke kunokuba nezikhathi zomsebenzi oqinile noma obuthakathaka.
I-Insulin glargine isetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ukwelapha kokubili uhlobo 1 nohlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela kubantu abadala nakubantwana. Kubantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1, isebenza njenge-insulin ebalulekile yomzimba abangasakwazi ukuyikhiqiza bodwa.
Ku-type 2 yesifo sikashukela, udokotela wakho angase akunikeze i-insulin glargine uma eminye imithi efana ne-metformin noma i-sulfonylureas ingakwazi ukugcina amazinga kashukela egazini lakho ezingeni elinempilo. Ivame ukwengezwa ohlelweni lwakho olukhona lokwelashwa isifo sikashukela kunokuthi ithathe indawo yeminye imithi ngokuphelele.
Le insulin ilusizo ikakhulukazi kubantu abahlangabezana ne-dawn phenomenon, lapho amazinga kashukela egazini enyuka emahoreni okuqala ekuseni. Imvelo yayo esebenza isikhathi eside isiza ukulwa nalezi zinguquko zemvelo zamahomoni ezingenza ukuphathwa kukashukela egazini kube yinselele.
Abanye abantu futhi basebenzisa i-insulin glargine njengengxenye yohlelo oluqinile lwe-insulin, beluhlanganisa ne-insulin esebenza ngokushesha ethathwa ngaphambi kokudla. Le ndlela, ebizwa ngokuthi i-basal-bolus therapy, ilingisa eduze indlela i-pancreas enempilo engayikhipha ngayo i-insulin ngokwemvelo.
I-Insulin glargine isebenza ngokufaka esikhundleni noma ukwengeza i-insulin umzimba wakho oyidingayo ukuze uhambise i-glucose evela egazini lakho iye emangqamuzaneni akho ukuze uthole amandla. Ithathwa njengomuthi onamandla, osebenzayo onikeza ukulawulwa okuthembekile kukashukela egazini uma isetshenziswe ngendlela efanele.
Uma isijovwe ngaphansi kwesikhumba sakho, i-insulin glargine yakha izinhlayiya ezincane ezincibilika kancane kancane futhi zikhiphe i-insulin egazini lakho. Le nqubo idala ukuhlinzekwa okuqhubekayo kwe-insulin okuhlala cishe amahora angama-24, yingakho udinga ukuyijova kanye kuphela ngosuku.
Umuthi usiza amaseli akho ukuthi amunce i-glucose egazini lakho, ukuvimbela ukukhuphuka okuyingozi kukashukela egazini. Iphinde ikhombe isibindi sakho ukuthi sinciphise ukukhiqizwa kwe-glucose, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zokuzila ukudla njengasebusuku lapho ungaqedi.
Ngokungafani ne-insulins esebenza phakathi nendawo eneziqongo ezihlukene nemigodi emsebenzini wayo, i-insulin glargine inikeza lokho odokotela abakubiza ngokuthi iphrofayili
Kufanele ujove i-insulin glargine ngaphansi kwesikhumba sakho kanye ngosuku, okungcono ngesikhathi esifanayo nsuku zonke ukuze ugcine ukulawulwa koshukela wegazi okuqhubekayo. Abantu abaningi bakuthola kulula ukuyithatha ngesikhathi sokulala, kodwa ungakhetha ekuseni noma kusihlwa ngokuya ngohlelo lwakho kanye nesincomo sikadokotela wakho.
Umjovo ungena ethisshu elinamanzi ngaphansi kwesikhumba sakho, ngokuvamile ethangeni lakho, engalweni engenhla, noma esiswini. Zungezisa izindawo zomjovo ngaphakathi endaweni efanayo ukuvimbela izinkinga zesikhumba njengezixuku noma ukucwila okungathinta ukuthi i-insulin isebenza kahle kangakanani.
Ungathatha i-insulin glargine nokudla noma ngaphandle kokudla ngoba yakhelwe ukuhlinzeka ngomshwalense we-insulin wangemuva kunokuthi ibhekane nokudla ngokuqondile. Kodwa-ke, uma uyithatha nge-insulin esebenza ngokushesha yokudla, isikhathi sibaluleke kakhulu ngaleyo mithi.
Ungalokothi uhlanganise i-insulin glargine nezinye izinhlobo ze-insulin esirinini elifanayo, ngoba lokhu kungashintsha indlela esebenza ngayo. Uma udinga izinhlobo eziningi ze-insulin, uzodinga imijovo ehlukene, nakuba ungayinika ngesikhathi esifanayo ezindaweni ezihlukene.
Gcina ama-vials noma amapeni angavuliwe esiqandisini, kodwa uma esevuliwe, ungawagcina ekamelweni lokushisa kuze kube yizinsuku ezingama-28. I-insulin ebandayo ingaba ngaphandle kokunethezeka ukuyijova, ngakho-ke abantu abaningi bayayeka ukuthi ifudumale ekamelweni lokushisa ngaphambi kokuyisebenzisa.
Abantu abaningi abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 bazodinga ukuthatha i-insulin glargine impilo yabo yonke, njengoba imizimba yabo ingakwazi ukukhiqiza i-insulin ngokwemvelo. Lokhu akuyona ukwelashwa kwesikhashana kodwa kunalokho imithi ebalulekile esikhundleni salokho umdlavuza wakho ongasakwazi ukukwenza.
Ngohlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela, ubude besikhathi buxhomeke ekutheni isimo sakho siqhubeka kanjani nokuthi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zikusebenzela kahle kangakanani. Abanye abantu bangase bayidinge isikhathi eside, kanti abanye bangase bakwazi ukuphatha ushukela wabo wegazi ngokushintsha indlela yokuphila neminye imithi uma isifo sabo sikashukela sithuthuka.
Udktela wakho uzoqapha njalo amazinga kashukela egazini lakho, imiphumela ye-A1C, kanye nempilo yakho yonke ukuze anqume ukuthi i-insulin glargine iyaqhubeka yini iyindlela efanele kuwe. Bangase balungise umthamo wakho noma uhlelo lokwelapha ngokusekelwe ezintweni ezinjengokushintsha kwesisindo, izinga lomsebenzi, noma ezinye izimo zempilo.
Ungayeki ukuthatha i-insulin glargine ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo kuqala. Abantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 bangase bathuthukise izinkinga ezisongela impilo ezibizwa ngokuthi i-diabetic ketoacidosis uma beyeka i-insulin ngokuzumayo.
Umphumela ovamile we-insulin glargine ukushukela okuphansi egazini, okubuye kubizwe ngokuthi i-hypoglycemia. Lokhu kwenzeka lapho ushukela wakho wegazi wehla kakhulu, ngokuvamile ngaphansi kuka-70 mg/dL, futhi ungase uzizwe uthuthumela, ujuluka, udidekile, noma ulambile.
Ukwanda kwesisindo omunye umphumela ovamile abantu abaningi abawuthola ngemithi ye-insulin. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoba i-insulin isiza umzimba wakho ukuthi ugcine i-glucose namafutha ngempumelelo enkulu, futhi ukulawulwa okungcono kashukela wegazi kuvame ukuholela ekuthuthukisweni kwesifiso sokudla nokumuncwa kokudla.
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Lezi zithasiselo ezivamile zivame ukulawuleka ngetekhniki efanele nokuqapha ushukela wegazi. Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi ziyancipha njengoba umzimba wabo ujwayela imithi.
Nakuba kungavamile, abanye abantu bangase bathole izithasiselo ezingathi sína ezidinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha:
Xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu ezinzima, njengoba zingase zibonise ukusabela okuyingozi okudinga ukwelashwa ngokushesha.
Akufanele uthathe i-insulin glargine uma okwamanje uhlangabezana noshukela ophansi wegazi noma uma wazi ukuthi unokungezwani komzimba ne-insulin glargine noma yiziphi izithako zayo. Ukuthatha i-insulin lapho ushukela wakho wegazi usuvele uphansi kakhulu kungabangela izinkinga eziyingozi.
Abantu abanezimo ezithile zezokwelapha badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile ngaphambi kokuqala i-insulin glargine. Udokotela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela ukuthi lo muthi uphephile yini kuwe uma unezifo zezinso, izinkinga zesibindi, noma izimo zenhliziyo.
Ukukhulelwa nokuncelisa ngamabele kudinga ukuphathwa kwe-insulin ngokucophelela, nakuba i-insulin glargine ingasetshenziswa ngokuphepha kulezi zimo ngaphansi kokuqondiswa okufanele kwezokwelapha. Udokotela wakho kungase kudingeke alungise umthamo wakho noma isimiso sokuqapha ngalezi zikhathi.
Nazi izimo lapho i-insulin glargine idinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe noma ingase inganconywa khona:
Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzosebenza nawe ukuze anqume ukuthi i-insulin glargine ifanele yini isimo sakho esithile nezidingo zempilo.
I-Insulin glargine itholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi e-brand, i-Lantus iyona brand yokuqala eyaziwa kakhulu. I-Lantus yaba ngumkhiqizo wokuqala we-insulin glargine ovunyelwe futhi isize abantu ukuthi baphathe isifo sikashukela iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili.
I-Basaglar iyisibuyekezo se-biosimilar se-insulin glargine esisebenza ngendlela efanayo ne-Lantus kodwa ingabiza kancane. Ama-Biosimilars afana kakhulu nomuthi wokuqala kodwa enziwa abakhiqizi abahlukene ngemuva kokuthi ilungelo lobunikazi lokuqala liphelelwe yisikhathi.
Amanye amagama e-brand afaka i-Toujeo, okuyifomu eligxilile le-insulin glargine, kanye ne-Semglee, enye inketho ye-biosimilar. I-brand ngayinye ingase ibe namadivayisi okujova ahlukile noma ukugxilisa, kodwa zonke ziqukethe isithako esifanayo esisebenzayo.
Uhlelo lwakho lomshuwalense lungase lukhethe amanye ama-brand ngaphezu kwamanye, okungathinta izindleko zakho eziphuma ephaketheni. Udokotela wakho nomuthi wakho womuthi bangakusiza ukuthi uthole inketho engabizi kakhulu esebenza kahle ekuphatheni kwakho isifo sikashukela.
Ezinye izinhlobo ze-insulin ezisebenza isikhathi eside zingasebenza njengezinye izindlela ze-insulin glargine, ngasinye sinezici ezihlukile kancane. I-Insulin detemir (Levemir) enye inketho esebenza isikhathi eside evame ukuhlala amahora angu-12 kuya kwangu-24 futhi ingase ibangele ukuzuza isisindo esincane kune-glargine.
I-Insulin degludec (Tresiba) i-insulin entsha esebenza isikhathi eside kakhulu engahlala amahora angafika kwangu-42, inikeza ukuguquguquka okwengeziwe ngesikhathi sokujova. Abanye abantu bakhetha le nketho ngoba inikeza ukulawulwa kukashukela okungaguquki futhi inciphisa ingozi yokushukela ophansi ebusuku.
Kubantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2, ezinye izindlela ezingezona ze-insulin zingase zifake ama-agonist e-GLP-1 receptor afana ne-semaglutide (Ozempic) noma i-liraglutide (Victoza). Le mithi isiza ukwehlisa ushukela wegazi futhi ivame ukubangela ukulahlekelwa isisindo kunokuzuza isisindo.
Udktela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengohlobo lwesifo sikashukela onaso, indlela yokuphila, eminye imithi, kanye nemigomo yokwelapha lapho encoma ezinye izindlela. Ngezikhathi ezithile inhlanganisela yemithi ehlukene isebenza kangcono kunokushintshela kwenye indlela eyodwa.
I-Insulin glargine ngokuvamile inikeza izinzuzo eziningana ngaphezu kwe-insulin ye-NPH, ikakhulukazi mayelana nokulawulwa koshukela wegazi okubikezelekayo kanye nokunciphisa ubungozi boshukela wegazi ophansi ebusuku. I-insulin ye-NPH inesici esiphawulekayo somsebenzi esingabangela ukuguquguquka koshukela wegazi, kuyilapho i-glargine inikeza ukumbozwa okuqhubekayo.
Abantu abaningi baba nezigameko ezimbalwa ze-hypoglycemia nge-insulin glargine uma kuqhathaniswa ne-NPH, ikakhulukazi ngamahora asebusuku. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoba isenzo se-glargine esingenaso isici asidali ukuqubuka okungazelelwe komsebenzi we-insulin okungenziwa yi-NPH.
Isici sokulula futhi sithanda i-insulin glargine, njengoba udinga kuphela ukuyijova kanye ngosuku uma kuqhathaniswa ne-NPH, evame ukudinga imijovo kabili ngosuku. Lolu hlelo olulula lungathuthukisa ukunamathela emithini kanye nekhwalithi yempilo.
Noma kunjalo, i-insulin ye-NPH ibiza kakhulu kune-insulin glargine, okuyenza ibe yindlela engabizi kakhulu kwabanye abantu. I-NPH nayo isetshenziswe ngokuphepha amashumi eminyaka amaningi futhi isaqhubeka nokuba yindlela yokwelapha esebenzayo yesifo sikashukela uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Udktela wakho uzokusiza ukuthi ulinganise izinzuzo zokulawulwa okungcono koshukela wegazi kanye nokulula ngokumelene nokucatshangelwa kwezindleko ukuze unqume ukuthi iyiphi i-insulin esebenza kangcono esimweni sakho.
Yebo, i-insulin glargine ngokuvamile iphephile kubantu abanezifo zenhliziyo futhi empeleni ingasiza ukuvikela impilo yakho yenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi ngokugcina ukulawulwa okuhle koshukela wegazi. Amazinga kashukela wegazi aphezulu angalimaza imithambo yegazi futhi andise ingozi yezinkinga zenhliziyo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Noma kunjalo, uzodinga ukuqashwa eduze uma unesifo senhliziyo, njengoba izigameko zikashukela ophansi ngezinye izikhathi zingabangela ukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile noma ubuhlungu besifuba. Udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuhlolwa kukashukela wegazi njalo noma alungise izinhla zokushukela ozihlosile ukuze anciphise lezi zingozi.
Uma uzijova nge-insulin glargine eningi ngengozi, qapha ushukela wakho wegazi eduze futhi ulungele ukwelapha ushukela ophansi uma kwenzeka. Ungabi nexhala, kodwa thatha isinyathelo sokuvimbela i-hypoglycemia eyingozi ukuthi ingenzeki.
Yidla ukudla okulula okuqukethe ama-carbohydrate ngokushesha, ngisho noma ushukela wakho wegazi ujwayelekile okwamanje. I-insulin eyengeziwe izoqhubeka isebenza amahora amaningi, ngakho ungase udinge ukudla okulula okwengeziwe usuku lonke ukuze uvimbele ushukela ophansi.
Xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo noma umfundisi wesifo sikashukela ukuze uthole isiqondiso sokuthi ungayiphatha kanjani le ndaba ngokuphepha. Bangase bancomise ukuqapha ushukela wegazi njalo noma izinyathelo ezithile okufanele zithathwe ngokusekelwe enanini le-insulin eyengeziwe oyithathile.
Uma uqaphela ukuthi uphuthelwe umthamo wakho we-insulin glargine kungakapheli amahora ambalwa ngesikhathi sakho esijwayelekile, yithathe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula. Noma kunjalo, uma sekudlule amahora angaphezu kwayi-12 noma iseduze nomthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe, xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ukuze uthole isiqondiso.
Ungalokothi uphinde imithamo ukuze ulungise ukujova okuphuthelwe, ngoba lokhu kungabangela ushukela wegazi ophansi oyingozi. Kunalokho, qala kabusha isimiso sakho esijwayelekile ngosuku olulandelayo futhi uqaphe ushukela wakho wegazi kaningi kuze kube yilapho ubuyela emgqeni.
Cabangela ukusetha ama-alamu ocingo noma ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lokukhumbuza imithi ukukusiza ukhumbule ukujova kwakho i-insulin kwansuku zonke. Ukuqina kubalulekile ekulawuleni okuhle kukashukela wegazi nge-insulin esebenza isikhathi eside.
Abantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 ngokuvamile abakwazi ukuyeka ukuthatha i-insulin glargine ngoba imizimba yabo ayikhiqizi i-insulin ngokwemvelo. Lo muthi uyinto edingekayo yokuphila konke ukuvimbela izinkinga ezingathi sína nokugcina impilo.
Ngohlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela, ungase ukwazi ukunciphisa noma ukuyeka i-insulin glargine uma ukulawulwa kukashukela wakho wegazi kuthuthuka kakhulu ngokuncipha kwesisindo, izinguquko zokudla, ukuzivocavoca, noma eminye imithi. Kodwa-ke, lesi sinqumo kufanele senziwe ngaso sonke isikhathi ngesiqondiso somhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Abanye abantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 bangase badinge i-insulin glargine okwesikhashana ngezikhathi zokugula, ukucindezeleka, noma ukukhulelwa, bese bebuyela kwezinye izindlela zokwelapha lapho ushukela wegazi wabo uzinzile. Udokotela wakho uzoqapha i-A1C yakho namaphethini kashukela wegazi wansuku zonke ukuze anqume indlela engcono kakhulu yesikhathi eside.
Yebo, ungahamba ne-insulin glargine, kodwa uzodinga ukuhlela kusengaphambili ukuze uyigcine ezingeni lokushisa elifanele futhi uqinisekise ukuthi unempahla eyanele. Hlala uthwala i-insulin yakho emthwalweni wakho wokuqala uma undiza, ungalokothi emthwalweni ohloliwe lapho ingaqanda khona.
Letha incwadi evela kudokotela wakho echaza isidingo sakho se-insulin kanye nemijovo noma amapeni, ngoba lokhu kungasiza ngokuqina kwesikhumulo sezindiza. Pakisha izinto ezengeziwe uma kwenzeka ukubambezeleka noma ukulahleka kwemithwalo, futhi cabangela ukuletha iphakethe elincane le-cooler lokuhamba isikhathi eside.
Cwaninga ngendawo yesikhathi oya kuyo futhi usebenze nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ukuze ulungise isimiso sakho sokujova uma kudingeka. Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi ukushintsha kancane kancane isikhathi sabo sokujova ngehora elilodwa noma amabili nsuku zonke kubasiza ukuthi bazivumelanise nezinguquko zesikhathi ezinkulu.
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