My bg levels have been high all day at moment I'm on 1u to 10 carbs which has been working. Not sure if I'm coming down with something can't remember the dosage the nurse said to lower if high did a extra 2 units pre food tonight however levels still in 14/15 mark had lantus which I know is correct dosage just wondering if I should leave it for tonight and see what levels are like in morning?
Correction dosage
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Hi abs
You can work out your correction dose by dividing 100 by your total daily dose of insulin.
In my case for example it's 16u Lantus plus 16u NovoRapid, so I divide 100 by 32 which gives 3 near enough. So 1u of NovoRapid will bring my blood glucose down by 3 mmol/l.
You can work out your correction dose by dividing 100 by your total daily dose of insulin.
In my case for example it's 16u Lantus plus 16u NovoRapid, so I divide 100 by 32 which gives 3 near enough. So 1u of NovoRapid will bring my blood glucose down by 3 mmol/l.
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It will take 2 hours for your quick acting to do 80% of it's work (and probably all spent after 4 hours).
Be careful not to stack additional correction doses up until you're sure the previous ones have more or less finished working.
Be careful not to stack additional correction doses up until you're sure the previous ones have more or less finished working.
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abs said:
Hi abs
I have had a similar problem, but mine lasted days, no matter what correction I gave myself, I knew something was wrong,
1 unit of NovoRapid brings me down by 3, nothing worked. I was getting worried, so I put new vials in NovoRapid and threw out the disposable Levemir pen and started a new one, in case vials were faulty in some way. Since yesterday my levels have been much lower and that could be because I upped my bedtime Levemir by just one unit to 13( normally 12) and today I haven't been over 5!!!!!! which is amazing, but I have yet to test my bedtime BS, so fingers crossed.
If your high BS continues and you are getting concerned, contact your DSN for some advice, if what you are doing isn't working.
Good luck.
With best wishes RRB
