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Been having lows at night right after taking my Lantus!

Lantus doesn't have a completely flat activity profile, so it's likely you have less active insulin overnight when you take it in the morning.

I used to go low overnight (with a single pre-bed basal injection), so I split my dose equally between morning and evening (which was also useful for exercise purposes)

I made a MATLAB model that demonstrated this, though it may not be of much use (it's also theoretical only, needs to be validated): https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/insulin-adjustment-mdis.106149/#post-1260351
 
ElizabethMcCallister said:
.. I’ve tried going down on dosage but it still happens. what’s weird is that when I take my Lantus in the morning, it doesn’t seem to drop me the way it does at night…super weird. Does anyone know why this could happen specifically at night?
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hey did u find any solution im in the same boat as u i start to lose my mind
 
I've had a couple of lantus lows (where my bg plummeted after my nightly lantus injection) and as a comsequence I split my lantus dose. That has improved things (still not a lantus fan but that is the only basal available in New Zealand). I think that issue is due to injecting into a vein.

Tagging @Jaylee who has all sorts of experience with lantus strange behaviour
 
EllieM said:
I've had a couple of lantus lows (where my bg plummeted after my nightly lantus injection) and as a comsequence I split my lantus dose. That has improved things (still not a lantus fan but that is the only basal available in New Zealand). I think that issue is due to injecting into a vein.

Tagging @Jaylee who has all sorts of experience with lantus strange behai was
EllieM said:
I've had a couple of lantus lows (where my bg plummeted after my nightly lantus injection) and as a comsequence I split my lantus dose. That has improved things (still not a lantus fan but that is the only basal available in New Zealand). I think that issue is due to injecting into a vein.

Tagging @Jaylee who has all sorts of experience with lantus strange behaviour
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i was injecting 25 units now its just 6 units yet still it causes hypo after 3-6 hour should i split 6 isn't that insufficient
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well ill go now buy levemir im not even gonna wait for my dr appointment i hated lantus more thn my miseribale life shold i do 1to1 dose convet
 
When back when I was on Lantus. I hated the stuff. Changed to split dose Levemir which was better for a few years. Eventually got Tresiba - the best MDI Basel I ever used.
 
Before being on an insulin pump I tried both Lantus and Levemir split dose morning and night and without fail at night I would be low the entire night on either of them even with doses as little as 4u. Was one of the reasons amongst a couple others as to why I was moved to an insulin pump.
 
I don't have the option to change basal in New Zealand (though I suspect they might give me a pump) but I do find lantus' quirks much easier to manage now I split the dose.
 
EllieM said:
I don't have the option to change basal in New Zealand (though I suspect they might give me a pump) but I do find lantus' quirks much easier to manage now I split the dose.
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its not easy like that that **** is unpredictable i tried everything ill go with tresiba or levemir lantus it just dosent suit me this month i saw hell cause of it
 
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