Generally, the body will break down (digest) food into products it can absorb and use. One of those products is glucose, or sugar, the main source of energy for the body. Insulin is produced by the pancreas and is needed to let glucose into the body's cells so it can be processed into energy.
For people with type 2 diabetes, the body is able to produce some insulin, but not enough. In addition, the cells have become resistant to the effects of insulin, which means that the body can't respond to the insulin. This condition is called insulin resistance.

When tissue, such as muscle, becomes insulin resistant, the body loses its ability to utilize glucose effectively. In an attempt to use the glucose, the body responds by telling the pancreas to produce extra insulin (a condition known as hyperinsulinemia). The extra insulin tries to unlock the cells and force them to take the glucose from the bloodstream. The liver also becomes insulin resistant and responds by overproducing glucose.1 This contributes to high blood glucose (known as hyperglycemia). Eventually, the pancreas can no longer produce enough insulin to compensate for insulin resistance. As a result, glucose levels rise in the blood.

ACTAZONE effectively reduces insulin resistance, fasting insulin levels, and blood glucose. ACTAZONE, along with healthy eating and physical activity, works by helping the body use its naturally produced insulin, or administered insulin in type 2 diabetes, to help use glucose as a fuel and reduce the harmful buildup of glucose.

In people with type 2 diabetes, there is a danger of developing harmful levels of glucose in the blood. Normally, the pancreas produces insulin, which serves as the key that unlocks your body's cells to allow glucose in. However, if your cells are resistant to the effects of insulin, the pancreas will produce more and more in an effort to "force the lock." But no matter how much insulin the pancreas makes, your cells still can't use it well. Since there isn't enough glucose entering your cells, those cells will begin to run out of energy. Eventually, the pancreas tires and can no longer produce enough insulin. At that point, your glucose is locked out of the cells and getting higher by the minute in your blood.2 In type 2 diabetes, along with healthy eating and physical activity, ACTAZONE works by helping the body use insulin.