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My Diabetes History is very similar to yours . I was taking Insuluatard and actrapid for about 18 years before I was switched to Lantus and novorapid. My symptoms were very similar to yours, IBS, muscle pain and also arthritis. I have been using animal insulin for a year now and these symptoms...

8 to 10 times a day is about the average for a type 1 diabetic. That would be 3 times in the morning afternoon and evening, and one more before bed. That's just the routine tests , more are necessary if you are ill, or having frequent hypos are hypers for various reasons. Please don't listen to...

In my experience the dawn phenomenon is enhanced considerably by the analogue insulins Lantus and Levemir and to a lesser degree by Novorapid and Humalog. The Lantus especially when taken in large doses prior to going to bed acts as a super concentrated growth hormone which enhances the dawn...

Please don't take this the wrong way I fully support your mother in this case but as a diabetic type 1 for 23 years I have experienced many episodes of fits of bad temper. Usually however it happens when the blood sugar swings from high to low (Very sharply), causing a hypo. Not from low to...

Many people on this forum are having problems with Lantus. In my experience daily doses above 40 seem to be causing this problem. Many newly diagnosed people starting on Lantus immediately don't' experience the same side effects as many other diabetics because the daily dose is not as great...

For a diabetic not to eat breakfast , is just absolutely crazy. No wonder this guy has poor BG control. Carb intake should be little and often . Any fitness fanatic or body builder will tell you that. That's all you have to remember . It's not rocket science. Moderation and Balance, Balance ...

I was on Lantus and Levemir before starting on Animal. My control was excellent on both. Unfortunately they became highly poisonous to me, so that was the end of that !

Bad BG control causes retinopathy not good control , obviously. Having good control from a period of very bad control does not suddenly cause retinopathy, it's the years of poor control that's done that . It's simply the body normalizing it's cells. Trust me on this. The longer the bad control...

I used to use the liquid poison called Lantus. But now take the porcine insulin. I've been struggling to find out why Lantus is so destructive to the body and have had only partial success. The fact that it has a 600% affinity to the IGF-1 receptor could be the biggest probable cause. Many...

What I can't understand is, if so many people are suffering from all these side effects, why aren't the diabetic doctors and nurses doing anything about it ? Don't they read the posts on this site or what ? To give an example I recently visited my diabetic doctor who I usually see once a year...

Absorption rate is definitely the key to managing diabetes with the porcine isophane insulin. I too am having problems controlling my BG with isophane compared to the excellent control on both Lantus and Levemir. Because of variable absorption rates on different injection sites , I am thinking...

I have been diabetic for 22 years and I'd never heard of dawn phenomenon and liver dumps either. Doctors don't tell you anything ! It's like they run a secret society or something.

There are two main type of human insulin, regular and analogue. It's the analogue ones that are allegedly causing all the fuss. Insulins like the long acting Lantus and Levemir and the rapid acting types like Novorapid etc.. Analogue insulins have been genetically altered by changing their basic...

I have just seen this post so ignore this if your problem has already been cured satisfactorily. It seems a strange mix An analogue insulin and animal insulin together ? There is a simple cure to your problem. The isophane insulin has a peak type profile which confuses some people who do not...

I have had diabetes type 1 for about 22 years .I initially used actrapid and Ultratard, but about 4 years ago Novo Nordisk stopped manufacturing Ultratard. So My doctor in his infinite wisdom put me on the analogue insulins Novorapid and Lantus. This change has been disastrous, for the past year...