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<blockquote data-quote="azure" data-source="post: 646246" data-attributes="member: 39639"><p>I'm a bit late seeing this but I use porcine insulin in my pump. I contacted Jenny at IDDT and she was fantastically helpful. Before this I was on Humalog. My symptoms were extreme tiredness and aching, sore and stiff joints. I was actually starting to think I had rheumatoid arthritis or something.</p><p></p><p>After swapping to the porcine, I began to feel better in a few days. It was fantastic! Also, I'd had what I thought was IBS and that cleared up too. I totally blame the analogue. I'd used regular human insulin before and hadn't noticed a problem with that. I'd never used animal insulin prior to going on to porcine.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I had to do as adjust my insulin to carbs ratios somewhat as the animal insulin is weaker in action. Please excuse that totally non-technical explanation. I suspected this and then found out online that I needed to use different ratios. </p><p></p><p>I bolus 30 mins before I eat. As an aside, I find any hypo on porcine is less vicious than on the Humalog.</p><p></p><p>I hope everything works out well for you, Artemis : )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="azure, post: 646246, member: 39639"] I'm a bit late seeing this but I use porcine insulin in my pump. I contacted Jenny at IDDT and she was fantastically helpful. Before this I was on Humalog. My symptoms were extreme tiredness and aching, sore and stiff joints. I was actually starting to think I had rheumatoid arthritis or something. After swapping to the porcine, I began to feel better in a few days. It was fantastic! Also, I'd had what I thought was IBS and that cleared up too. I totally blame the analogue. I'd used regular human insulin before and hadn't noticed a problem with that. I'd never used animal insulin prior to going on to porcine. The only thing I had to do as adjust my insulin to carbs ratios somewhat as the animal insulin is weaker in action. Please excuse that totally non-technical explanation. I suspected this and then found out online that I needed to use different ratios. I bolus 30 mins before I eat. As an aside, I find any hypo on porcine is less vicious than on the Humalog. I hope everything works out well for you, Artemis : ) [/QUOTE]
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