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Am Diabetic. Redness After Using Novolin. What Are The Causes And Your Suggestions For It?

Posted on Sun, 8 Jul 2012

Question: diabetic site redness with novolin R that I use 3-4 times per day. Causes and suggestions. changing needles everytime.

Answered by Dr. L K Shankdhar (10 hours later)

Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Redness after NOVOLIN-R which is a brand of regular Human Insulin is quite common in the beginning and simply indicates a foreign body reaction to an outside product. Usually it passes off in due course of time. I would like to know how long you are using this Insulin.

If you substitute your Insulin with Humalog (Lilly) or Novorapid (Novo Nordisk) which are quite similar to Novolin, there is a possibility that redness may not occur. These Insulins are Analog Insulins.

With best wishes

Prof. LK Shankhdhar

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli

Follow up: Dr. L K Shankdhar (12 minutes later)

one month or longer

Answered by Dr. L K Shankdhar (2 hours later)

Hi,
Thanks for writing back.
I would advise you to better change the Insulin from Novolin-R to either of the 2 mentioned above [Humalog (Lilly) or Novorapid (Novo Nordisk)]
Hope this helps. I would be available for follow ups. Please close this discussion if you have no more questions.
Regards
Prof. LK Shankhdhar

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Aparna Kohli