Insulin Aspart (Novolog) Pharmacology Podcast Episode 312
Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist
4.9 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
On this podcast episode, I discuss insulin aspart pharmacology, adverse effects, drug interactions, and much more.
Insulin apart is a rapid acting insulin product meant to bring down blood sugars quickly (most often after meals).
It is important to remember a couple of medications that may counteract the effects of insulin and apart and raise blood sugar. I talk about corticosteroids and thiazide diuretics in the drug interaction section.
Fiasp is a slightly modified insulin aspart molecule that allows for quicker absorption. This quicker absorption will allow for blood sugars to come down sooner than the Novolog formulation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. I'm your host pharmacist, Derek Christensen. |
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| 0:30.6 | drug of the day today is |
| 0:32.9 | insulin aspart |
| 0:34.1 | brand names of this medication |
| 0:36.9 | novalogue is the one I've heard the most. |
| 0:40.5 | Fiosp is also a slightly newer variation on that medication insulin aspart as well. |
| 0:49.6 | So these medications are both rapid acting insolins. |
| 0:54.2 | Just want to mention briefly the difference between Fiasp and Novalog. |
| 0:59.2 | So Fiosp works slightly quicker. |
| 1:03.2 | It has a slightly quicker onset. |
| 1:06.6 | And the reason for that is it's essentially tied up to vitamin B3, |
| 1:13.3 | or vitamin B3 is added to the formulation. |
| 1:16.1 | And that helps aid the quickness of the absorption. |
| 1:20.9 | So again, very, very slight difference. |
| 1:24.6 | But it does lead to an important point that these two medications are not considered |
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