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Message: <blockquote data-quote="macman89" data-source="post: 2061154" data-attributes="member: 507608">Hi,A bit ashamed to be asking this as i feel its something i should definitely know, but here goes. (The quick acting insulin i use is Apidra)What is the protocol for injecting with snacks? So tomorrow im going out for lunch at 1, which means ill probably be eating, and injecting, around 1.30. Now, as far as i was aware (may be wrong?), when i inject apidra its effects last 4 hours. We are going to the cinema at 3.30, if i get popcorn and a drink or whatever, am i able to inject 2 hours later to account for the carbs in this snack? Ive never really been sure. Part of me thought i remembered hearing that if i inject again that soon after, that it could react with the insulin still active from my before lunch dose, and cause me to have a hypo. But if that was the case, then surely that would mean i can just never snack... which seems unlikely to be the case....! Or maybe is there some different way of calculating the correct dose to use for snacks?I hope what im saying makes sense, and hopefully someone can shine a bit of light on the subject for me!Cheers</blockquote>

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