Most people with type 2 diabetes may need one injection per day without any diabetes pills. Sometimes diabetes pills stop working, and people with type 2 diabetes will start with two injections per day of two different types of insulin. They may progress to three or four injections per day. Insulin Delivery M any people who take insulin use a syringe. Other choices are insulin pens and pump therapy.
Some insulin pens contain a cartridge of insulin that is inserted into the pen.
Some pens come already filled with insulin and are discarded after all the insulin has been used. The insulin dose is dialed on the pen, and the insulin is injected through a needle, much like using a syringe. Cartridges and prefilled pens only contain one type of insulin. Two injections must be given with an insulin pen if using two types of insulin. Checking your blood sugar and looking over results can help you understand how exercise, an exciting event, or different foods affect your blood sugar level.