Is Ultra-Lente Insulin Still in Use?

[Jolie, BSN]

I'm taking a refresher course, and several handouts (which seem out-dated) refer to the use of ultra-lente insulin. The drug book(Mosby 2008) doesn't list it, and some websites indicate that it is no longer available.

Is Ultra-Lente insulin still manufactured, and is it still in use? If so, under what brand name(s)?

Thanks for your help!

[EmmaG, RN]

Humulin U was the brand name from Lilly, and it's no longer available.

http://www.fda.gov/Cder/drug/shortages/HumulinDr.pdf

Found this on a Google search. It looks like its manufacture has been discontinued all over.

http://www.emea.europa.eu/humandocs/PDFs/EPAR/ultratard/36830207en.pdf

(unfortunate name lol)

[Jolie, BSN]

Thanks for your reply. I didn't think it was still available. The handouts are clearly out-dated. No excuse for that, given the tuition I'm paying.