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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1412811"><p>I was on Novarapid for 12 years. Like you, I took Lantus before I went to bed and often went low in the night. Then I started to look at the profile of Lantus. Although Lantus is sold as a 24 hour flat profile (it is consumed at a constant rate), this is not strictly true: it rises after 1 hour with a peak at 6 hours and last 18 to 26 hours. (Take a look at <a href="http://www.diabetesnet.com/about-diabetes/insulin/insulin-action-time" target="_blank">http://www.diabetesnet.com/about-diabetes/insulin/insulin-action-time</a>.) </p><p>In other words, if you take Lantus at 10pm, you are likely to get a low around 4am.</p><p>I overcame this by taking Lantus with my evening meal (about 7:30pm) and going to bed (around midnight) with a BG between 7 and 8mmol/l. With this regime, I avoided night time hypos and awoke with a BG around 5mmol/l.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, I have written this in the past tense because I am now a pumper which allows me to change the basal profile to match the needs of my body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1412811"] I was on Novarapid for 12 years. Like you, I took Lantus before I went to bed and often went low in the night. Then I started to look at the profile of Lantus. Although Lantus is sold as a 24 hour flat profile (it is consumed at a constant rate), this is not strictly true: it rises after 1 hour with a peak at 6 hours and last 18 to 26 hours. (Take a look at [URL]http://www.diabetesnet.com/about-diabetes/insulin/insulin-action-time[/URL].) In other words, if you take Lantus at 10pm, you are likely to get a low around 4am. I overcame this by taking Lantus with my evening meal (about 7:30pm) and going to bed (around midnight) with a BG between 7 and 8mmol/l. With this regime, I avoided night time hypos and awoke with a BG around 5mmol/l. Incidentally, I have written this in the past tense because I am now a pumper which allows me to change the basal profile to match the needs of my body. [/QUOTE]
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