Toujeo Insulin

[TeamHard2017]

High everyone I was put on Toujeo recently by my diabetes specialist nurse after 2 days of using it I woke up this morning with a horrific blood sugar of 27 I have now been told to increase it by 2 to 32 I feel totally. Lost and **** today due to these blood readings feels like I've got concussion please help guys and gals I have had diabetes type 1 for 30 years now I'm worried as I have diabetic retinopathy and don't want it getting worse then again I don't want brain damage from Low bloods either HELP NEEDED PLEASE

 

[Lynz84]

Hey there! Dont fret! Ive been on toujeo a year now. When I switched it took roughly 5 days (which I found out from their website) to take effect. Just takes a while to properly get your system under control.

 

[TeamHard2017]

Hey there! Dont fret! Ive been on toujeo a year now. When I switched it took roughly 5 days (which I found out from their website) to take effect. Just takes a while to properly get your system under control.

Thanks Lynz84 I didn't know this and no one had a clue have readjusted to 36 units and it seems to be doing ok now

 

[qe5rt]

I've been on Toujeo for a while now and i had lot's of problems with night time highs too, still often do. I've started raising the dose but then i had lows during the day. However even with the highs my hba1c actually dropped and after a while making adjustments to my diet too i must say i'm fairly stable.

One thing to keep in mind is that Toujeo clogs up the needle much faster, they advice to regularly change the needle and eject 2-3 units with force before injecting to make sure you're getting your requested dose. It does take a few days to get the full effects from Toujeo and from an increased dose, but right now i think i might prefer Toujeo over Lantus. My day time values are really stable and within a good range, it's just my night/morning that tends to rise but i've always had that even on Lantus. I just wake up earlier now to inject a dose of fast acting to bring me down.