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A few years ago Chris used Humulin I as his background but found it suddenly dropped his levels and they kept dropping, making it difficult to get his blood sugar stable. Thats why we ve kept away from insulin with protamine/isophane.

Hello What are the disadvantages of using hypurin bovine neutral as the only daily insulin? My son started using bovine neutral a few weeks ago as a short acting, only found it impractical combining it with his basal bovine lente and after a few weeks trial, returned to Humalog as his short...

Hi Naomi What a shame, thats a terrible thing. Linda xx

Hi noblehead and smidge Split the humalog, take before eating enough to cover carbohydrates and then wait a few hours and take an amount to cover protein and fat? Chris takes Humulin I twice a day as background, it peaks rapidly between 4-8 hours.

Hi When the meal is high in fat and protein, the humalog just doesnt seem to keep the levels down a few hours afer eating. Any suggestions? Ella :)

Hi there Would be very pleased to hear of anyones experience of using bovine lente as a background insulin or any unusual combinations of animal insulins and how they work for them. Hope youre getting some sunshine where you are. Thanks ellabella

Hi You mention the variable absorption rate of Humulin I due to the addition of isophane which I have also read about from different sources. When reading up about it before my son changed from Lantus to Humulin I it seems that it holds onto some of the insulin and then releases it at...

Hi A similar situation is happening with my son Chris, who is 19 and started Humulin I twice a day on Tuesday, with Humalog to cover meals to replace Lantus. Its early days although his readings are sometimes for no reason high and get stuck even when taking correction doses of Humalog. We...

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Hi Jen C was at the diabetes clinic last week, first one in quite a long time, and tomorrow I will phone and get the results and ask if they tested for thryoid. Thanks x

Thanks Anna it would be very helpful to hear from people who are using animal insulins and how it works for them. Does anyone use a daily mixed regime of porcine for short acting and bovine lente for long acting basal? Is it better to use either porcine or bovine. The reason I ask about...

Hello Its about 5 years since my teenage son started analgoue insulins, and his blood sugar levels have generally been high and unpredictable. Before that he was on a Humulin mix and although it was restrictive on when he ate, his levels were fairly stable. Being a teenager possibly probably...