Type 2 diabetes injections can increase your body’s insulin supply while reducing your appetite and boosting your energy. Options like semaglutide and tirzepatide are available by prescription from diabetes management and education specialist Diana Hernandez, NP-C, at Texas Diabetes Clinic in Corpus Christi, Texas. Call the clinic or schedule an appointment online today to learn if you’re a candidate for injections as part of your Type 2 diabetes treatment.
Injections can be a valuable part of treating Type 2 diabetes, a metabolic condition that elevates your blood sugar (glucose). Type 2 diabetes is caused by many different things and contributing factors, including an unbalanced diet, lack of exercise, family history, and obesity.
While there are several diabetes injections available at Texas Diabetes Clinic, they work in similar ways:
All injections for Type 2 diabetes are most effective within a comprehensive care plan that includes exercise and a low-fat diet, among other recommendations.
Texas Diabetes Clinic offers two evidence-based injections for managing Type 2 diabetes. Diana can tell you if you qualify to use either of them after reviewing your medical history and lab test results.
She could recommend:
Known by the brand name Ozempic®, semaglutide is an injection that treats Type 2 diabetes and can also help with weight management. It mimics the effects of a hormone that triggers insulin release from your pancreas. Regular injections can help you avoid some severe complications of Type 2 diabetes like heart attack, hypertension, and stroke.
Tirzepatide, sold under the brand name Mounjaro™, mimics the same hormone as semaglutide and another hormone that regulates the gut hormones that tell you when you feel full.
Both injections can help you manage your weight while lowering your risk of Type 2 diabetes complications.
Diana teaches you to self-administer Type 2 diabetes injections at Texas Diabetes Clinic. You usually take them weekly and should aim to take them on the same day every week. If you must switch days, wait at least 48 hours between doses, and you don’t need to take it with food.
A prescription for semaglutide or tirzepatide provides you with a prefilled injection pen. You use this pen to inject the medication just under your skin.
Diana might increase your dose over time but follow her most recent instructions when taking your Type 2 diabetes injections.
Call Texas Diabetes Clinic or schedule an appointment online today to learn if you’re a candidate for Type 2 diabetes injections.