Novorapid and lantus

[timipearl]

Please I have a question, I take my insulin and presently my glucose reading is 6.6 and I'm scared to take my lantus I will really appreciate if someone can advice me.

 

[EllieM]

Hi @timipearl and welcome to the forums.
Can you explain why you are scared to take your lantus?

 

[EllieM]

Have your team advised you to go to bed with a higher bg level? Lantus is supposed to be a long acting insulin rather than one that brings you down in the short term...

 

[Zhnyaka]

what's wrong with lantus? this is a good basal insulin

 

[Deleted member 527103]

Good morning @timipearl
How are you today?
Did you take your Lantus?
What is your BG today?

As other have said, with a BG of 6.6, there is no reason not to take your Lantus. It's purpose is to maintain your BG at around the current level.

Sadly, the role of the different insulins are not always explained well or we are overwhelmed with all the information at the start that we don't take it in. That's when this forum is brilliant. There is no such thing as a stupid question, So, if there is anything that you are confused by or worried about, please ask.

 

[timipearl]

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Good morning thank you all so much, yes I did take it my fear is about going into hypo at night time, as at this morning B.G 12.1

 

[EllieM]

T
Good morning thank you all so much, yes I did take it my fear is about going into hypo at night time, as at this morning B.G 12.1

Have you talked to your clinic about this fear? Lantus, if given at the right dose, is meant to keep you level overnight....

 

[Deleted member 527103]

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Good morning thank you all so much, yes I did take it my fear is about going into hypo at night time, as at this morning B.G 12.1

Do you have a Libre?
If you live in the UK you are entitled to one.

The reason I ask is that you can set an alarm on your Libre to go off before you reach hypo levels. I know som people set their alarm at 4.5 or even 5.0mmol/l.
Hopefully, this should help alleviate your fear of night time hypos - you should be woken and you can pop a jelly baby (or your hypo avoidance treatment of choice) before it happens.

 

[timipearl]

My Libre stopped working, have ordered for another one waiting for it to be delivered, it's because the Libre is out hence my fear, have had 2 hypos in the night.

 

[Deleted member 527103]

Many of us were taking Lantus for years before we had access to any CGM like Libre and are here to tell the tale. Night time hypos are not nice but our bodies are pretty good at waking when we go low.
Whilst waiting for your replacement, maybe run your levels a little higher? Before gong to bed, you could aim for a BG of around 8mmol/l with no active bolus on board (no NovoRapid for about 4 hours beforehand).

I also recommend making sure you have at least one spare Libre at home. So when you apply your penultimate Libre from your stock, put in an order. This allows you to have a spare in case your previous Libre fails.
I do the same for insulin - put in an order when I am down to one cartridge in the box - and test strips - put in an order when I have one box of strips in my diabetes drawer.

 

[timipearl]

Hello everyone, I'm really new to this and I'm still learning everyday and this forum is really helping also, this is my present sugar level and I already had dinner and I need to take my novorapid and lantus tonight. Would you advice I take the novorapid I'm suppose to take 8unit.