When changing insulin patches, expose the edge that adheres to your skin and keeps the microneedles attached to your body. Slowly peel away in one swift motion.
Remove remaining sticky residue with soapy water or isopropyl alcohol. In recent studies, the insulin patch could reduce levels of glucose in the blood for as long as nine hours.
Risks and Side Effects
The introduction of the insulin patch is, no doubt, a breakthrough in managing diabetes. But because it’s still in the process of development, there are a few side effects of the insulin patch, which hopefully can be fixed in the future.
Such an occurrence happened on an animal test subject. They noted that some inflammation appeared at the site where they attached the patch. In human subjects, vomiting and nausea are noted side effects. But the researchers believe that if the release of the drug is slow enough, though side effects can be eliminated.
Different types of insulin patches have been developed but the ones that are sold online or at some drugstores are not FDA approved and not the official insulin patches.
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