static192
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hey guys i want to ask if you guys are at 10mmol and you want to correct how long after correction after correction do you normally reach your target level
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Correction When 10mmol
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This depends on quite a few things
- which insulin you are using. For example NovoRapid is sometimes renamed "NovoSluggish". Fiasp works faster and then there are other insulins which I don't know about.
- how insulin sensitive you are. NovoRapid, for example is reported to last for between 3 and 5 hours. The duration tends to be a personal thing. I would say it last for about 3 hours for me but others experience the affects of it for longer than 5 hours.
- whether you have any fast acting insulin already "on board". So, if you injected a couple of hours ago, you have some insulin which is already working. Be waring of "stacking"your doses.
- what is the current trend of your BG. You may have a BG of 10.0 because it is coming down from 15.0 or because it is heading up from 5.0. This may be caused by your basal.
In other words, all corrections, like every other insulin dose, is an approximation.
- which insulin you are using. For example NovoRapid is sometimes renamed "NovoSluggish". Fiasp works faster and then there are other insulins which I don't know about.
- how insulin sensitive you are. NovoRapid, for example is reported to last for between 3 and 5 hours. The duration tends to be a personal thing. I would say it last for about 3 hours for me but others experience the affects of it for longer than 5 hours.
- whether you have any fast acting insulin already "on board". So, if you injected a couple of hours ago, you have some insulin which is already working. Be waring of "stacking"your doses.
- what is the current trend of your BG. You may have a BG of 10.0 because it is coming down from 15.0 or because it is heading up from 5.0. This may be caused by your basal.
In other words, all corrections, like every other insulin dose, is an approximation.
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Hi
Agree with the above and would add.....
If I'm busy gardening for example I would expect it to come down within 30 minutes.
If I'm sedentary about an hour.
Tony
Agree with the above and would add.....
If I'm busy gardening for example I would expect it to come down within 30 minutes.
If I'm sedentary about an hour.
Tony
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I changed from Nova to Aprdia last week and with that, again depends on what I am doing as others have said any thing between 20 mns to 45 mins for me.
Rokaab
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Gotta agree with that, I use Novorapid and to work out how long it'll take to come down I use the following formula: 60 + rand(240) to work out how many minutes it will take
- in other words some random amount of time between 1 and 5 hours after I've taken it (I find it very unpredictable)
Great info by the others. Depends on the insulin you're using. Most short acting ones finish their work after 5 hours, but most of their work is done after about 2 hours.
My rule of thumb is 1 unit of NovoRapid drops me by 2 mmol/l (this is fairly standard for most diabetics), which I'll then check after 2 hours.
Depending on the circumstances I'll give myself 2 units if I'm at 10 and check 2 hours later. The "circumstances" are: have I got much existing NovoRapid left in me (if so, I'll use an Insulin On Board calculator) or am I going to do anything else that will bring them down.
My rule of thumb is 1 unit of NovoRapid drops me by 2 mmol/l (this is fairly standard for most diabetics), which I'll then check after 2 hours.
Depending on the circumstances I'll give myself 2 units if I'm at 10 and check 2 hours later. The "circumstances" are: have I got much existing NovoRapid left in me (if so, I'll use an Insulin On Board calculator) or am I going to do anything else that will bring them down.
