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<blockquote data-quote="Snodger" data-source="post: 191479" data-attributes="member: 27045"><p>Hey there Derek, </p><p></p><p>So, let me check I've understood:</p><p>1) your bgs are running too high in general, and you are going high even when carb-free </p><p>2) you were on humulin, not really a problem, then they put you on lantus, it wasn't good, so now you are on hypurin and wondering about changing back to humulin? </p><p>3) you are wondering when to take the basal. </p><p></p><p>This site is helpful: <a href="http://www.mims.co.uk/Tables/882439/Insulin-Preparations/" target="_blank">http://www.mims.co.uk/Tables/882439/Ins ... parations/</a>. It shows that hypurin lasts 6-8 hours and humulin lasts 6-12 hours. It could be you are running out of basal, and a split dose of humulin every 12 hours (eg, 8am and 8pm) might be a good solution. </p><p>But I'd also say that your basal might just be a bit low overall. I know you were on a lower dose of lantus but I've found that I need quite low doses of lantus compared to my old basal (protophane). </p><p></p><p>I think if it was me, I'd up the basal dose by a unit each and see what happens. And I would be tempted to go and get a prescription for humulin while I waited to see what was happening. </p><p></p><p>I hope that I've understood it right and hope that helps? Others may think differently of course...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snodger, post: 191479, member: 27045"] Hey there Derek, So, let me check I've understood: 1) your bgs are running too high in general, and you are going high even when carb-free 2) you were on humulin, not really a problem, then they put you on lantus, it wasn't good, so now you are on hypurin and wondering about changing back to humulin? 3) you are wondering when to take the basal. This site is helpful: [url=http://www.mims.co.uk/Tables/882439/Insulin-Preparations/]http://www.mims.co.uk/Tables/882439/Ins ... parations/[/url]. It shows that hypurin lasts 6-8 hours and humulin lasts 6-12 hours. It could be you are running out of basal, and a split dose of humulin every 12 hours (eg, 8am and 8pm) might be a good solution. But I'd also say that your basal might just be a bit low overall. I know you were on a lower dose of lantus but I've found that I need quite low doses of lantus compared to my old basal (protophane). I think if it was me, I'd up the basal dose by a unit each and see what happens. And I would be tempted to go and get a prescription for humulin while I waited to see what was happening. I hope that I've understood it right and hope that helps? Others may think differently of course... [/QUOTE]
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