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Insulin Lispro

Humalog, Admelog, Lyumjev, Humalog Mix

Uncategorized

Standard

Half-life

~1 hour

Protein Binding

N/A

Metabolized By

N/A

External

Drugs.com

Clinical alerts

Narrow therapeutic index

Small dose changes can cause toxicity or loss of effect

Mechanism of action

Rapid-acting analog that dissociates quickly at injection site; mimics prandial insulin

Interactions

No curated interaction pairs are recorded for Insulin Lispro. This is not a statement that none exist — check a full interaction reference before combining.

Common adverse effects

Hypoglycemia
Injection site reactions
Lipodystrophy

Food, alcohol & herbal

Food

Inject within 15 minutes of meals

Alcohol · major

Severe hypoglycemia risk

Pharmacokinetics

Half-life: ~1 hour
Protein binding: N/A

Pregnancy & lactation

Not recorded for Insulin Lispro. Absence here means this database does not hold a category — not that the drug is safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Sources

Assembled from: drug index, curated drug database.

Not a substitute for clinical judgement