Humalog short acting
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I use a sliding scale of Humalog at mealtimes and I use 14 units of Lantis each evening. Lantis is a 24 cylce insulin or a long acting insulin where Humalog is short term or short acting insulin. But this just shows you that different people have different needs. Before I used Lantis I used to use NPH-which is a shorter long acting inuslin-more like 8 hours. Have you tried giving your Novolin before you eat?
Hi, danijo. I'm not a medical professional, just the parent of a kid with diabetes. We've done the same thing, given a long acting shot instead of a short acting. Yes, he'll be ok, but you're going to need to monitor him VERY VERY closely. First of all, call your endo, they know your son better than I do, and they know the dosing better than me. You'll need to adjust the insulin you give him until tomorrow to take care of the differences.
Separate dosing of Lantus (long acting) and Humalog (short acting) where you inject each insulin separately (also called MDI for multi daily injections) is much more flexible. You test and adjust your basal insulin (lantus), then you dose your fast acting for each meal based on how much food / carbs/ protein you eat. You can also use your Humalog to correct for high blood sugars. Mixed insulin cannot be used to correct high blood sugars.
I have been diabetic for ten years now and have been taking lantus and humalog this whole time. Well a new doctor Im seeing took me off lantus due to the fact that it could cause my twins to become insulin resistant. She has me taking more of the humalog but it doesn't seem to be helping me and now i have a harder time controlling my sugar where before i kept it pretty well controlled. Should i get a second opinion or does anyone have suggestions?
The drawback of this is that Humalog is very short-acting. And getting the timing right is hard. You could also try injecting NPH before going to be instead of in the morning. It's action would peak in the early hours of the morning and waer of before lunch. And a Humalog injection before lunch would be required.
Hi Steveman,
Here's a site that shows the "action" of different types of insulin; by that I mean it shows the onset, peak & normal duration of each type of insulin.
http://diabetes.about.com/library/blbasics/bl_insulin_action_chart.htm
A useful way to think about "what types of insulin are good for me," is to remember that we all need both long-acting (basal) and short-acting (bolus) insulin.
Great name, there, Oldstuff,
I'm writing to echo what SS wrote to you. Seems that many Type 1 need the greater flexibility that a separate Long-acting & short-acting insulin provides. This is exactly what your son is doing by taking extra shots.
Regular used to be our only choice in short-acting insulins, but now we have access to even quicker-acting insulins (Humalog & Novolog).
If I awake with an abnormal blood sugar (too high) I assume I would take a small dose of fast acting. Would I also take a small dose of fast acting if my blood sugar is normal, as to cover my breakfast? I know to count the carbs before the lunch meal and the dinner meal, but didn't ask about the breakfast meal.
So anyway I was wondering, When I go out with my friends and eat ice cream or something like, right now the sugar peaks way before my humalog, but what if I injected my humalog into muscle tissue, so it was absorbed rapidly. I think this would better match the peak of the sugar. Lets say im eating on an empty stomach so it is absorbed very fast. Has anyone tried this or done something like this before?
Hi! I'm in a 20ui HUMALOG after meals regiment, however, in between meals and during the night my blood sugar levels drop below 70. Should I stop taking the HUMALOG?
A potential disadvantage to Lantus is that it CANNOT be mixed in a syringe with short acting insulin. This characteristic requires taht folks take more shots usually. If the results are good and if you can afford the additional syringes, it is often a good treatment plan.
Good luck & let us know how you're doing...
I know our readings are different in canada , 5 to 7 is normal.I have had sugars as high as 32 and used 10 units of humalog , half an hour later I am 34 , I don't understand this ? What is the ratio of humalog to carbs ? I had the flu and I know it can really mess up your sugars , but this was a month ago .Also , I generally feel better when my sugars are around 13 , anything below that and I feel the efects of hyperglycemea , I know that does,t make sense , but it is how I feel.
There is no problem giving those two meds back to back. HOWEVER, make sure you do not dose the Humalog (or fast acting) any sooner then 2 hours of each other. Also, it helps not to dose Humalog after 7 or 8 p.m. unless your child is over 275. The most important thing no one ever told me not to dose Humalog and then let your child get a bath. Always wait at least 1-2 hours after being dosed before bath time, if you do not they will drop very low.
Hi again, HPC,
Hypo awareness or unawareness seems to also be related to what our "normal" bgs are. By this mean that folks who walk around with daily BGs in the range of, say 200-300 will likely feel hypo if they drop to 150. Those who are targeting near normal bg levels of say 80-120, will often feel hypo at the numbers you report.
There does seem to be another factor for many of us and that's the rate at which our bg is dropping.
I am on Humalog and Lantas. The doctor just changed me to taking Lantas at night. However I took it this morning and not sure if I should take it tonight also.
You may also want to try a faster acting fast acting insulin other than Humalog. Novolog begins acting slightly faster than Humalog. You could also consider taking your fast acting insulin sooner, so that it is already in your system when you eat. That can help because of the speed with which your food is now absorbed.
Organ damage is caused by poor management or lack of management of diabetes over years and years, so you shouldn't be all that concerned yet. Good luck!
It would involve one daily injection of a long-acting insulin like Lantus, which has a flat action profile over 24 hours. And a shot of Humalog or Novolog before each meal. Doing this would minimise the carb/insulin mismatch when you skip a meal.
The basal/bolus regimen would give you more flexibility and better control. You may want to discuss this with your doctor.
17 yrs? and now your asking?
You R Serious, right?
Go ahead take just the Lantus and test every couple of hours after and of course before meals and see what happens..
and I surely Hope you got the book > Think Like a Pancrease my friend..
My friend just took 6 units of Levemir instead of her normal Humalog. What should she do now?
t know why, but she said that Lantus works better if you give the shots on your tummy and buttox and novolog/humalog (fast acting) works better if given in your legs... anyway, this is a lot of information and if you can, please have him see a Diabetes Educator... al least once! It will help a lot because she will provide you with charts and help you to do the math with knowledge of what you are doing, knowing how your body operates! I hope it helps!
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