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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Odin004" data-source="post: 1918823" data-attributes="member: 406622">Hi [USER=406760]@annapanna93[/USER],I personally feel it's good idea to take your lantus in the leg; most long-acting insulins don't actually last a full 24 hours (it may be around 16 hours for some people); insulin injected via the leg will take longer to absorb than abdominally, which is what we want.  Also, do you split your lantus, or do you take it just once a day? Also - sounds silly, but have you checked whether your lantus pen is damaged?  This happened to me recently with my fast-acting insulin (Novorapid) - sugars just kept rising, no matter how much I corrected.  I soon discovered a tiny hair-line crack in the clear plastic reservoir, which meant the insulin wasn't dispensing properly - I'm quite accident prone, so probably dropped it and thought nothing of it - might be worth just checking this before you change anything!x</blockquote>

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