Basal choice

Seacrow

Well-Known Member
Messages
496
Type of diabetes
LADA
I have been going along nicely with Humulin 500 in my pump, but now Lilly are ceasing to make this in a vial, so I'm going to have to use a U100 insulin in the pump to cover my basal. I have a choice of Novorapid, Humalog, Apidra and Fiasp. Consultant says the choice is entirely up to me, but as a standard default he'd go with Novorapid.

Does anyone have any problems or reasons for preferring any of these? Is one of them easier to get the basal rates right? I'll be taking about 40u per day. I thought I'd try and mine the collective experience, and hopefully avoid any potential problems.
 

vic hill

Well-Known Member
Messages
278
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
novorapid
i find it so far very easy to work with over the last 11 years 30 mins fast steady release 6 hour end time
use as bolus and main system in a pump does well on i hour delay 50 % thats good for me but like most things a trial is best
vic 60 years on insulin