Our bodies require a constant supply of insulin for normal activity.

With Type 2 diabetes, your body does not use the insulin it makes well enough to keep your glucose levels in the natural range, or your body does not make enough insulin.

When your glucose is too low, it is called hypoglycemia.

When your glucose is too high, it is called hyperglycemia.

Your healthcare provider may prescribe insulin to help manage your diabetes.

Insulin can be delivered by injections, a pod, or an insulin pump.

Traditionally, people with Type 2 diabetes begin insulin therapy by taking daily injections via a prefilled insulin pen, or a traditional vial and syringe to manage glucose.

These injections may be required once or twice a day.

The injection would provide a specific dose of basal or long-acting insulin at the same time each day.

This insulin dose is long-acting and typically lasts 24 hours.

Instead of using long-acting insulin, a pod or a pump is filled with U-100 rapid-acting insulin.

The pod delivers a small amount of rapid-acting U-100 insulin into the body continuously throughout the day.