Diabetes Medications

The following is a list of insulin, pills, and other injections your doctor may prescribe.

Insulin

Click on an insulin medication below for more information: ​

RAPID ACTING INSULIN
begins to work quickly and only works for a few hours

• Insulin lispro 100 units/mL (Humalog)

• Insulin lispro 200 units/mL (Humalog U200 KwikPen) ​

SHORT ACTING INSULIN
takes a few hours to begin working and works for several hours.

• Insulin regular (Humulin R)​

LONG ACTING INSULIN
takes hours to begin working but works for 24 hours or longer.

• Insulin glargine (Lantus)

• Insulin glargine (Basaglar)

• Insulin glargine 300 units/mL (Toujeo)

• Insulin degludec 100 units/mL (Tresiba U100)

• Insulin degludec 200 units/mL (Tresiba U200)

• Insulin detemir (Levemir)

CONCENTRATED INSULIN

• Insulin regular 500 units/mL (Humulin R U-500)

Pills

Click on a pill medication below for more information:

A

• Acarbose (Precose)

• Alogliptin (Nesina)

B

• Bromocriptine (Cycloset)

C

• Canagliflozin (Invokana)

• Chlorpropamide (Diabinase)

D

• Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) ​

E

• Empagliflozin (Jardiance)

• Ertugliflozin (Steglatro)

G

• Glimiperide (Amaryl)

• Glipizide (Glucotrol)

• Glipizide ER (Glucotrol XR)

• Glyburide (Diabeta/Micronase) ​

L

• Linagliptin (Tradjenta) ​

M

• Metformin (Glucophage/Glumetza)

• Metformin ER (Glucophage XR, Fortamet)

• Metformin liquid solution (Riomet)

• Miglitol (Glyset) ​

N

• Nateglinide (Starlix)

​P

• Pioglitazone (Actos) ​

R

• Repaglinide (Prandin)

• Rosiglitazone (Avandia) ​

S

• Saxagliptin (Onglyza)

• Sitagliptin (Januvia) ​ ​

COMBINATION PILLS (2 pills in 1)

• Metformin-glipizide (Metaglip)

• Metformin-glyburide (Glucovance)

• Metformin-pioglitazone (Actoplus MET)

• Metformin-rosiglitazone (Avandamet)

• Metformin XR-saxagliptin (Kombiglyze XR)

• Metformin-sitagliptin (Janumet) ​