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Hi. I am on Novolog 70/30...and my doctor gave me this information...If your pre-meal blood sugar reading is below 100...take 1/2 of your regular shot for that meal. If your pre-meal blood sugar is under 80...don't take a shot before that meal. Check ...
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A better way to take insulin is MDI's where you take a long acting insulin....
Amabassador Hi jevann, It is more challenging to adjust the type of insulin that you are using, which to make adjustments with a mixed insulin.
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I am thinking about getting my doctor to start me on Lantus and take me off of actos and glipizide xr as my overnite blood sugars go way up no matter how great they are befor bedtime. I current take 850mg of metformin X 3 a day, 15mg of actos X 1 a day...
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I also decreased my lantus desire to stop using insulin....
Too bad I blew it over and found that for 2 weeks I had to take no insulin during the day at all.
I also decreased my lantus to 55 units from 70 .
No insulin during the day at all.
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Hi,
I have been on Lantus Insulin since Sept 2011 and am currently on 28 units.
My BG is still poorly controlled and my DNS has now prescribed my Humalin M3 10 Units twice daily to start,which I will probably commence over the weekend or Monday at the...
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adjusting your insulin - If your blood glucose is higher at +2 hours then next time increase your the insulin will become MORE effective and therefore you will probably need to start adjusting your dose down this in the T1....
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Hi ladies!
I'm on day two of being admitted to L&D to get my insulin under control. My numbers were not TOO crazy, but the MFM I am seeing didn't feel comfortable being aggressive with my treatment and increasing to the number she thought may work while...
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There are other options for insulin as well without eating being on those ....
They couldn't do go that long without eating being on those insulins.
My daily insulin has been increased by 27 units of nph and 13 of regular.
Stressed.
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Insulin dosage hi this is krishna reddy from india.
dear friends my pancreas has been removed so i am on insulin from last 7 years.
and i am taking human mixtard insulin 45units/day [25D 20N] from last 7 years.
now a days my blood sugar level is increasing...
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Since....
I'm not just being cautious wish to keep adjusting, a typical titration technique would be to increase from there by perhaps 2 are changing your insulin dose.
Insulin dosing is very individual and varies wildly.
Hi krishnareddy.
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I was on injections for 20 years before going on the pump in 1998. I absolutely love the pump - it completely changed my life. I have an Animas, and I change every 3 to 3.5 days. Just like adjusting your insulin on injections, you learn to experiment ...
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But I pushed past my fear and met with the diabetes educator everything else, it gets... .
You can adjust insulin IMMEDIATELY making changes almost to video that came with the insulin pump.
insulin to better match foods you eat.
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I often have that problem too, I would love to give 1/2 units. I use insulin pens and was recently told by another person that they make pens (meant for kids) that dial in 1/2 units...I was thinking of looking into it...
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Is this for a slow acting insulin or a fast acting? they might want to look into the differing....
I'm now closing in on my 12th year with a pump much you've gotta do what you've gotta do .
And it works great for adjusting bolus & basal amounts.
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Question about Glipizide and Insulin Howdy guys. I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if this is the wrong place to ask this but I was trying to compare a few options on blood sugar management. I kinda wonder how much endogenous insulin would Glipizide...
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And, finally, exogenous insulin of ....
Metformin sensitizes your cells to insulin and induces them to accept more glucose.
That may or may not reduce the life span of the beta cells .
By pressing the pancreas to produce more insulin.
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I did the orals too, was on actos, amaryl, advandia, glipizide, they all worked for a bit then pooped out. I did byetta for 7 months untill I could no longer afford it and my insurance would not cover it as I was on levemir basal insulin at the same time...
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In adjusting your insulin dose and it does take time to get good results at the start due to the fact into taking insulin, I did some math on averages per week, and my fasting has come down from avg of 156 work to do, but that's ....
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Background insulin
I was diagnosed Type 1 a month and a half ago so getting used to it slowly but still learning. I've had quite a number of hypos recently, and put it down to over estimation of carbs in food but was wondering whether I should maybe ...
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Of carbs in food but was wondering whether I should maybe reduce my background insulin by 1 or 2 to see should really talk to your DSN and see what they think, but I have been adjusting my basal for quite in the mid to low 4s then I ....
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