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Blood levels mid afternoon

Izzycam

Izzycam

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I have started taking semaglutide recently - 4th 0.25 mg injection tomorrow. It is helping bring readings down and with appetite control. In 3 weeks I have lost over 3kg and have reduced my overnight insulin by 6units and managed to keep my morning readings within range. The problem is I keep having mid afternoon hypos. The semaglutide has affected my hypo awareness so I have to check my bloods about 3.30 to check. I have reduced my morning insulin from 14 units down to 8 but I’m still getting the hypos. I test my blood before lunch and get a reasonable reading- eg today it was 5.7 at midday but despite eating 2 slices of toast and a tin of sardines for lunch I had fallen to 3.2 by 3.45pm. Any advice?
 
Izzycam said:
... I keep having mid afternoon hypos. ... I have reduced my morning insulin from 14 units down to 8 but I’m still getting the hypos. I test my blood before lunch and get a reasonable reading- eg today it was 5.7 at midday but despite eating 2 slices of toast and a tin of sardines for lunch I had fallen to 3.2 by 3.45pm. Any advice?
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The incretin medicine increases insulin production when you eat, so the afternoon hypo could be reactive hypoglycemia. Try not having any carbohydrate with lunch, like a chicken salad, and see if that makes a difference.
 
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