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I've tried varying my dose - putting it up if I've had a heavy evening meal of low GI foods which I know will keep producing sugar for many hours, but in the end I've found the guesstimates too inaccurate, so now adjust it about nor more than once a month after looking back at my readings. I'm now taking 4 units more a day than 2 years ago, so I don't vary it that much. I find that varying my Novorapid (like Humalog) is, as expected, a much more responsive way of controlling sugars, but nothings perfect as I often get high morning readings and low afternoons. |
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I have used Lantus since shortly after it came on the market, and i have adjusted it very VERY slowly - it is easier to adjust the short-acting stuff to bring the highs down and the lows up. When I have adjusted it, I go by 2-unit increments.... |
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I feel it is very easy to adjust lantus dosages, because lantus is not intense at all. I personally gauge mine off exercise. If I am going to run really far the next morning, I take 20 units. If I am going to be doing a faster workout, where I really need glucose for fuel, I'll up to 25 or 30. I can adjust mine day to day, based on that, because like I said, lantus is not intense at all. If I will be inactive for a few days, I'll bump it up 5 units as well. Dunbar |
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| | | From: Julie__ | Sent: 7/3/2005 1:55 AM |
Well, I always found that I was very sensitive to the lantus, maybe because I took a low dose. My normal bedtime dose was 10.5 - I actually had to try to eyeball a half unit in my syringe because 10 would make me high in the morning and 11 would make me low! That is the same as the basal I use for my pump - set currently at 10.4 units a day. However, if I had a day of higher than normal exercise, I would cut my dose it 9.5 so as not to go low overnight and the next day. Even these small adjustments could mean the difference in being high or low the next day. So I guess we are all different! Julie |
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Wow that is sensitive. 2 or 3 units for me does basically the same thing. 25 vs. 28 isn't really different for me. If you are that senstitive, can you still get those 30 cc syringes? I used to have them, but mine now are 50 cc. Dunbar |
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| | | From: Julie__ | Sent: 7/3/2005 4:52 AM |
I did use the lo-dose syringes until I got the pump. I refilled my syringe prescription before I started pumping in 2002, so I have lots of them left over in case I decide to take symlin. From what I read on a web board, it is also important to have the 30 CC syringes for symlin, or to use a pen for even more accurate dosing. Julie |
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Hi, I am also sensitive to Lantus changes, so I take humalog whenever I eat, depending on the carbs. Kathe |
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ok, my lantus dosages changes depends on my a1c results and my b/s log book and my b/s meter memory down from the clinic's computer, which they do every time i bring my meter wit me.  luv irene  |
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| | | From: mimi2 | Sent: 2/23/2006 12:37 AM |
hi, I am new to this web site. My husband is diabetic since he was 8 years old. What is lantus? He is on the insulin pump - is this used together with insulin? Thanks mimi2 |
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Lantus is a slow acting insulin that last for 24 hours. It is what you call the basal insulin and the bolus insulin is the fast acacting insulin that wears off after 4 hours and it usually taken befor a meal or after a meal. I hope this answers your question. |
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Hello I am new to this site. I went to the doctor to day any she said she wanted me to monitor my bg for six days with out med so she can determine how much insullin I need to take, I am nervous about taking insullin , is lantus good for low blood sugar and fluctuating blood sugar ? thank you for your time Smiley |
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hi iam on lantus and nova rapid i really dont adjust the base amount of lantus.....i do most of my adjustment with nova rapid.........i do the carb counting and on most day iam fine...i like to start the day with a 5 but not always possible......somedays it is 3 or 4.....all depends on my snack at night......if i eat popcorn or peanuts will shoot it throught the roof... everyone has little quirks...... some days there is no rhyme or reasons to the highs or the lows...  |
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