Lantus onset peak duration

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Avatar n tn Insulins generally tend to have three general characterisitics -time of onset, duration of action, and peak of onset.
Avatar n tn This is a wonderful resource for Type I's...often a minority in support groups, IMHO. My first posting to the forum although I've been type I since age 7...now a healthy 45 year old (female). I am mostly happy with the current combination of Humalog Pen and Lantus. My questions are in regards to Lantus: I understand the "non-peak" aspect...but personally dropped very low in early a.m.'s (about 4-6 a.m) after injecting on a regular basis at 10 p.m.
Avatar n tn but the Vol is wrong in that Lantus does not have a peak. It does have a peak at about 4-6 hours but it is not a large peak. This peak does effect many users in the middle of the night. The easiest suggestion is to make sure that you test at dinner. You really need to be doing this regardless of whether you are on Lantus or not.
Avatar n tn I have had diabetes for 28 years, and I live in Canada, where Lantis is not sold, because of a pricing dispute with an arms-length government body. I just started using Lantis, by crossing the border and paying the ridiculous price for it because of the claims I've heard from users. Okay, so here's my question to verteran users of Lantis. Is it that much better? In the last few days I've read people say they are taking two doses of it.
Avatar n tn And as for the sweats about a half hour after taking Lantus, there IS a slight peak action with Lantus, although this peak action for most people is several hours after taking the Lantus. In my case, I usually take my Lantus at about 6 am, and I notice a peak that causes my glucose levels to drop by about 8 am. This happens even if I have not taken any Novolog or eaten breakfast (sometimes I wait until I get to work to take Novolog and eat breakfast), so it has to be the Lantus peaking.
Avatar n tn t a strong peak action. And if the Lantus causes a low, it happens very slowly so you have plenty of time to react.
Avatar f tn I am a type 1A diabetic with normal insulin sensitivity and predictable bg responses to insulin doses. Until now. I went on a reducing diet (high protein, next to 0 carbs, increased exercise) but never decreased my once daily PM dose of Lantus (10 units.) Immediately my AM bg's jumped to over 200 and stayed there. No hypoglycemia during sleep (I never woke up, anyway.)I could bring my daily bg's down with my shortacting insulin.
Avatar n tn Yes this happens a lot, when switching to lantus or the pump. Lantus is a long acting insulin that has no peak it gives you a steady basal rate similar to the insulin pump. I realize that it is hard to trust the the insulin enought to not have a snack, but it does work, and it is hard to resist the urge to react to the number.
Avatar n tn For people with night lows, taking the Lantus in the morning is the safest way to take this particular type of insulin, for it DOES have a slight peak action about 4 hours after injection, and for people taking it at night, the peak is while they sleep. If he takes it in the morning, this peak happens right before lunch, when he is awake, and the total dose peters out while he sleeps so a severe night low is pretty much impossible.
Avatar n tn I have type 1 diabetes and am on Lantus. I was wondering though what the difference between 70/30 and Lantus is. My understanding is that they are both long lasting insulins, but I don't know much else. Does anyone know?
Avatar n tn So imediject has a valid point if you are taking Lantus in the morning. Many diabetics split their doses of Lantus and take some at night and some first thing in the morning so that peaking is minimal (for some of us, there IS a slight peak about 4 hours after injection) and the petering out of it as it wears off is also minimal.
Avatar n tn I, too, have had sudden-onset hypoglycemia after injecting Lantus. It happened only three times, always after having bleed-back at the injection site. As other have said, it's truly scary (particularly when driving), and it took a lot of carbs to counteract. It seemed as though the entire Lantus dose took effect immediately (like a fast-acting insulin). After the third incident, I began to split my Lantus dose, taking half in the morning and half in the evening.
Avatar n tn Hi again Steveman, A few thoughts come to mind -- even tho' you're a teen ;-) Often our summer schedules are different from school-year schedules and it's reasonable to expect to make changes in our diabetes management, too. I'm not sure which long-acting insulin you're taking, but it sounds as tho' it's not Lantus -- one of the newer insulins that doesn't *have* a real peak and lasts about 24 hours.
Avatar n tn This has happened in early afternoon and after dinner. She is on Novalog and NPH before breakfast and Novalog and lantus in the evening. The fact that it has happened two different times in day is why I "hoped" this was a diluted reading rather than actual blood glucose reading. This is all new to me and now I'm fearing the bath. ho hum...Thanks.
Avatar n tn Hi, this is probably reflecting the peaking of the lantus. If 60s are as low as you go, it 's probably not too big a problem. Your fasting blood sugar is not low. Likely what is happening is that you are going a bit low, and then going a bit higher. You may possibly consider changing your lantus dose to the morning instead of the evening. This way the 'peak' will be happening during the day.
Avatar m tn I just started on Lantus and Humalog and my blood sugars seem to keep going up, I take 30 U at night Lantus and I take Humalog 10 before meals if my bs is 180 or higher, does this sound right, I was diagnosed a Type 2 about 6 years ago, but the Glipizide and Metformin I was taking has been stopped, but my fasting bs has been 270 or higher any suggestions I know control my diet I get that, I also weigh 239 my Dr's say to loose weight, and I am going to try.