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<blockquote data-quote="Dillinger" data-source="post: 240145" data-attributes="member: 13582"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I'm on a basal/bolus regime and I've been using Novorapid as my short acting insulin for more than a decade. </p><p></p><p>I have a slightly weird relationship with it; in that I need to take about 1 unit per gram of carbs. Which is a lot. I'm on a pretty minimal carb diet but still take the levels of Novorapid that someone on a fully carbed up diet would take. </p><p></p><p>The strange thing is that my basal insulin, Levemir, isn't also high (currently split dose of 19 units; 10 am / 9 pm). So it doesn't look like generic insulin resistance. I started taking Metformin to see if that would have any effect and it has slightly reduced the general dose but not much; I'm happy to take it though.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have experience of this? Or have experience of insulin becoming less effective with you over time?</p><p></p><p>My consultant thinks that the high Novorapid levels are because the fat in my diet is increasing my insulin resistance and I know that has been discussed here before (with Phoenix for instance) but that strikes me as being pretty unlikely; as each meal I eat is not stuffed with fat and the same heightened levels are needed for protein based meals.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Hive-Mind</p><p></p><p>Dillinger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dillinger, post: 240145, member: 13582"] Hello, I'm on a basal/bolus regime and I've been using Novorapid as my short acting insulin for more than a decade. I have a slightly weird relationship with it; in that I need to take about 1 unit per gram of carbs. Which is a lot. I'm on a pretty minimal carb diet but still take the levels of Novorapid that someone on a fully carbed up diet would take. The strange thing is that my basal insulin, Levemir, isn't also high (currently split dose of 19 units; 10 am / 9 pm). So it doesn't look like generic insulin resistance. I started taking Metformin to see if that would have any effect and it has slightly reduced the general dose but not much; I'm happy to take it though. Does anyone else have experience of this? Or have experience of insulin becoming less effective with you over time? My consultant thinks that the high Novorapid levels are because the fat in my diet is increasing my insulin resistance and I know that has been discussed here before (with Phoenix for instance) but that strikes me as being pretty unlikely; as each meal I eat is not stuffed with fat and the same heightened levels are needed for protein based meals. Thanks Hive-Mind Dillinger [/QUOTE]
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