intermediate-acting

Intermediate-acting insulin taken in the morning usually doesn't last through the early evening hours.

By giving an intermediate-acting insulin before supper, its action often peaks in the middle of the night, and may not fully last until morning.

Intermediate-acting compounds have a median half-life of 12-40 hours.

A type of insulin that is intermediate-acting.

Drug users tend to prefer short-acting and intermediate-acting barbiturates.

Short to intermediate-acting benzodiazepines are preferred in the elderly such as oxazepam and temazepam.

Talbutal is a short to intermediate-acting barbiturate.

It's an intermediate-acting barbiturate - that means it has about eight hours' duration of effect - a hypnotic drug, a sleeping pill if you like.

It is an intermediate-acting insulin combined with the onset of action of Humulin R.

Most will need two injections of intermediate-acting insulin a day with some short-acting to cover breakfast, a mid-morning snack and lunch.

It can be too difficult to withdraw from short- or intermediate-acting benzodiazepines because of the intensity of the rebound symptoms felt between doses.

Short-acting and intermediate-acting barbiturates are usually prescribed as sedatives and sleeping pills.

Estazolam is an intermediate-acting oral benzodiazepine.

A form of insulin therapy, consisting of 70% intermediate-acting, and 30% fast-acting insulin.

Therefore, the investigators say the use of short- or intermediate-acting benzodiazepines, over long-acting anti-anxiety medications, are preferable in elderly patients.

Rebound insomnia, however, is more common upon discontinuation of intermediate-acting benzodiazepines than longer-acting benzodiazepines.

Evidence is accumulating that probably less benefit is achieved by juggling with proportions of short- and intermediate-acting insulin than was previously thought (Roland, 1984).

Intermediate-acting (Half-life is 12 hrs)

Intermediate-acting: Includes NPH insulin which begins working in 1 to 3 hours and is active 16 to 24 hours.

Insulins are divided into rapid-acting, very rapid-acting, intermediate-acting, and long-acting, based on the number of hours until their "peak" action.

It is mainly used in individuals in whom intermediate-acting insulins taken at bedtime act too quickly, resulting in hypoglycemic reactions during the night.

Nimetazepam (marketed under brand name Erimin) is an intermediate-acting hypnotic drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative.

Butallylonal is considered similar in effects to pentobarbital but is longer in action, being considered an intermediate-acting barbiturate rather than short-acting.

There may be times when a post-meal surge in glucose requires extra insulin in addition to the intermediate-acting NPH.

A four-shot-daily regimen consists of a short-acting insulin given before each meal (accounting for three shots), and an intermediate-acting insulin at bedtime.