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    Does insulin contain sugar?

    I get all of that … I did not go into copious explanations and exhaustive examples because my post would have been toooooo looooong …. So I focused on what I wanted to know The trend is throughout the day. Eg I am at work. At 1124am my blood BG is 9.0 and in preparation for lunch at 12 noon on...
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    Does insulin contain sugar?

    I've never had a problem with needles.
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    Does insulin contain sugar?

    What I am enquiring about is the medical reason why blood glucose levels increase in the seconds and minutes after taking insulin. It increases no matter what the activity. Here is another example, I took 90 units of Tresiba at 7:49am when my BG was 9.5mmol/L. As you can see - 9 minutes later...
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    Does insulin contain sugar?

    I have experimented with higher corrective doses but the behaviour remains the same ... anyway, nothing major. Thanks for your reply.
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    Does insulin contain sugar?

    This is a trend ... after taking insulin I notice that my blood sugar level starts to rise even though I do not eat anything. Here is an example this morning. At 7:24am my BG was 9.9 mmol/L. I took 85 united of basal insulin and 6 units of bolus for a BG correction ... to nudge it downward but...
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    Type 2 Markings on metformin different

    Thanks all. The pharmacy I bought the medication says they buy Metformin from six manufacturers and each has its own marking. I thought I swallowed the wrong medication this morning
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    Type 2 Markings on metformin different

    The metformin tablets I took this morning had a 'C' on one side and '323'. Seemed strange so I opened a new box and found '500' on one side and the other side blank. The leaflet in the newly opened box says this is what the marking should be. Why then is the other different?
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    My blood sugar level starts to increase religiously every day at 3am, why?

    I am really puzzled. The blood glucose level pictured below is the trend. Every morning between 3 am and 7 am (when I think am sound asleep) my blood glucose level starts to gradually rise. Perhaps I am sleep walking and raiding the refrigerator? Has anyone else seen this or knows the reason...