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Avatar n tn Since then he has been on many differnet variation of meds. Just over the past 6 months or so, they gave him LANTUS, in addition to his meds. (Actos, Glypizide, Metaformin) He takes the meds in the morning and the LANTUS at night. Here is my problem. He has a lot of highs and lows. Just 3 weeks ago, his average was 115. This week a different story. He has been in the mid 200's and he has not changed his diet. This morning, before breakfast, his sugar was 337.
Avatar f tn and will stay high untill your body makes enough insulin or you inject FAST insulin. Taking levemir to counter eating will result in dangerously low BG (Hypoglycemia)! Insulin use is difficult to explain, you need to talk to an MD that knows how to administer Basal/Bolus insulin therapy. And or read the book "Using insulin by John Walsh" Levemir is used to regulate your fasting BG. and the fast insulin used to counter carbohydrate in the diet.
Avatar f tn the levemir is a long acting insulin so it will be in her system for 24 hours. what is here normal does of Levemir? when and how often dose she take levemir? She will have to check her BG more often and watch out for Hypos (low BG). make sure she always has her test kit and a fast acting carb (IE reg sugar soda, orange juice, glucose tabs...) to raise BG with her.
Avatar n tn The Levemir is NOT on a sliding scale. It is a given does once a day Or twice a day. 12 hours apart. is his 224 after eating or first thing in the morning before food or drink?
Avatar n tn When you eat, you need the fast acting insulin like Novolog to act quickly to cover the meal. For some, Lantus and Levemir act the same. For me, Levemir seemed to work better in that it provided more consistency to my blood sugar levels. I like Levemir. I have switched to 2 shots per day (morning and night) instead of just taking the 1 shot at night, because the 1 shot at night may not cover the 24 hours.
Avatar n tn Apidra takes effect in 10 - 15 minutes, peaks in 30 - 60 minutes, and is gone within 4 hours. Levemir takes effect in 3 - 6 hours, peaks in 6 - 15 hours, and is gone within 18 - 24 hours. It is possible your Levemir dose is gone before you expect it to be, which is why your scores are now higher in the morning. Consult your endocrinologist about possibly changing the time that you take the Levemir, as that could change your scores.
Avatar n tn 1-2 unit increase in levemir is not going to make a big change in anthing considering you already take 22 units. But still you need to increase slowly over a period of days - weeks. I think it is anxiety that made your feel bad. Please consider to split the levemir into 2 doses, each of 11 units. Then increase by 1 - 2 units per dose every few days until your blood sugars come down.
Avatar n tn m on novolog and levemir (levemir is just at bedtime).
1353681 tn?1387083733 Insurance forced me transition from Lantus to Levemir in February, and I haven't seen any difference in effectiveness. I am only taking one injection before bed, and it's worked just as well as Lantus in keeping my morning numbers in range. The biggest difference I noticed was that Lantus would burn every time I injected and Levemir does not.
Avatar n tn When I started using 2u Lantus in morning, 2 weeks ago, I'd go low in the late afternoon/early evening, and then my morning sugars would be elevated ... 140s, 150s. So I split the dose: I'm now using 1.5u Lantus AM & 1u Lantus PM. It definitely works better than 2u QD, and I've checked the middle of the night - not a problem. The drug sheet for Lantus doesn't mention BID dosing, but my internet articles do. What are your thoughts, and is Levemir better for BID dosing?
179856 tn?1333547362 In a videotaped deposition, Teva executive Craig Lea said the company knew the risks of the larger vials when it sought federal approval to make the 10 milliliter vials in 2000. Lea said the smaller vials would be safer and reduce the temptation to reuse a vial between patients. Based on that knowledge, the company never should have supplied the larger vials to endoscopy centers, D'Attellis testified. "They knew what the risk was, and they did it anyway," he said.
Avatar f tn about blood sugars in the 800s, and your husband seems to be in denial of the results of extremely high blood sugars. I don't think cinnamon is a safe recommendation for someone with high enough blood sugars to have ketones and at risk for DKA. DKA can be a life threatening emergency.
Avatar n tn I have type 2 diabetes (2 yrs). My A1C is 7.6 I am presently using Levemir Flex Pen (22) before bed. I take synthroid for hypothyrodism (10 yrs) and recently started taking crestor for high cholesterol (which is now within normal range) I 58, female and over-weight. Question: I want to start taking 200 mcg of chromium picolinate to help with my diabetes. Is this safe to take with the medications I am currently taking? Also, when is the best time to take it.
Avatar f tn I have gained weight while being on Toujeo as well - I have been on it for 4 months - I gained 17lbs in the first 3 months and I feel like I have gained about 10 more in the last month. Toujeo is not for everyone!
Avatar n tn Do these sounds like allergies and has anyone else had the same problems? I also get up in the morning aching all over and this also started with the Lantus.
Avatar f tn Nope. The metametrix one is three vials only one time, all vials filled with different liquids to make sure nothing goes off. The usual tests doctors do are tests for blood, bacteria cultures which need live bacteria to grow, and to test for parasites under the microscope. For this they need bacteria and fungi that are alive, but most bacteria are dying when they get in contact with air.
1021834 tn?1379292300 Plus DH is coming home on leave in 4 months right about O time of month and then coming home for good in 6 months, so we will continue to try naturally. But there were 4 vials of sperm left at the clinic which I didn't want to waste so I looked up ivi on the net and decided to give that a shot. Only thing was, the clinic had never had anyone want to do this before (leave it to me to rock the boat). :) So here come the lawyers to decide if they could give me our sperm back.
233616 tn?1312787196 According to the company’s recall notice, the action is necessary because cracks in the necks of a small number of Procrit vials were discovered upon post-manufacturing inspection. The Procrit recall involves approximately 44,292 vials of lot P114942A distributed between April 15, 2008 and July 17, 2008.
Avatar f tn I have a low ovarian reserve but still have regular periods (23 to 24 days) and FSH was 14 - I am 45 years old. Had one IUI cycle (100 of Clomid) and responded well (follicles grew though slowly and E2 got up to 693 but it didn't take. We pursued IVF beginning Jan 5 but my follicles were only 7x7 and 6x7 (R/L) and my E2 only 9.9 so the cycle was cancelled on day 10.
Avatar f tn I usually gave myself shots in the upper stomach area, so I moved the shots to my legs with no improvement. I even tried Levemir, but after two days the pains came back. I stopped all shots and the pain and other symptoms went away. Is there an insulin that doest not cause stomach pain, chills, and vomiting?
264121 tn?1313029456 I did some kind of dodgey things back then, like using non multi-dose vials more than once and/or storing epogen in an extra needle if I wanted to divide the bottle in half. Short of getting two different strengths of epo at the time, it was my only alternative.
622092 tn?1245698544 Fawn- Good Luck, I will keep you in my prayers. I am doing 3 vials of menopur to 1 cc of sodium. Last cycle I was up to 4 vials. The might go up to 6 on this cycle if no progress..Thanks for the advice and I will definately try my abdomen and hopefully this will work. Keep me updated on your progress...
Avatar n tn I am trying to lower my sugar level with the help of humalog and levemir. Medhelp members are helping me to do the job. In the mean time I have been successful in lowering the sugar to some extents. I also could know how to dose the insulin for the best results I appriciate the cotributions done by MEDHELP and its members.
Avatar n tn In the morning they are lower 100's for example, today was 112. Never higher than 130. I've been on my long acting plan for some time now it's 20 of Lantas around 9 p.