JontyW said:ewelina said:Just out of interest I have been taking Lantus for 3 years and Novarapid for 1. It was only a short while ago I realised that 1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen. Therefore when I inject 60.units of lantus that is only 20 units of insulin.
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Eh? What are you talking about? I use a Lantus Solostar pen which contains 3mL in total. The strength is 100u/mL so the pen contains 100 x 3 = 300 units. The graduations marked on the pen are from 300 to 0, so if I dial up 60, that is 60 units and NOT 60/3 or whatever you seem to think it is.
Please explain why you think "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"?
Jonty
kjw123 said:Well Jonty.........
I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like, it depends on how picky you want to be.
One international unit of insulin (1 IU) is defined as the "biological equivalent" of 34.7 μg pure crystalline insulin. This corresponds to the old USP insulin unit, where one unit (U) of insulin was set equal to the amount required to reduce the concentration of blood glucose in a fasting rabbit to 45 mg/dl (2.5 mmol/L).
So what is your carb ratio for each meal?smidge said:8 units Levemir - 5 morning, 3 evening
Apidra - varies depending on the carb/protein I eat with each meal, but generally around 8 units a day.
Smidge
JontyW said:So what is your carb ratio for each meal?smidge said:8 units Levemir - 5 morning, 3 evening
Apidra - varies depending on the carb/protein I eat with each meal, but generally around 8 units a day.
Smidge
Thanks
Jonty
smidge said:Hey Jonty
JontyW said:So what is your carb ratio for each meal?smidge said:8 units Levemir - 5 morning, 3 evening
Apidra - varies depending on the carb/protein I eat with each meal, but generally around 8 units a day.
Smidge
Thanks
Jonty
Well, that's not as black and white as you might think, because I low carb. In terms of carb, it's about 1:9, but I do have to add the odd unit or two for protein along the way if I have a very low-carb or no carb meal. So bacon and eggs for example I'd jab 1.5 units even though there's only about 1g carb in that. Overall, I eat about 50g carb a day, so you can see that at 1:9, I should only need about 5.5 units Apidra, but I actually have to take around 8 on average to cover the non-carb elements. Hope that makes sense!
Smidge
JontyW said:kjw123 said:Well Jonty.........
I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like, it depends on how picky you want to be.
Hi kjw123,
With all due respect, I am not trying to be picky, but I think it is really important that information regarding insulin doses, that are posted on this forum, are quite clear and correct so other users don't get confused.
I don't understand what you are saying here .. "I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like,". Are you saying 72 on the pen is ONE UNIT or 72 units.. please state exactly what you mean by this statement.
Please answer my original question .. "why you think "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"? Who told you this .. surely not your HCP?
Thanks
Jonty
JontyW said:kjw123 said:Well Jonty.........
I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like, it depends on how picky you want to be.
Hi kjw123,
With all due respect, I am not trying to be picky, but I think it is really important that information regarding insulin doses, that are posted on this forum, are quite clear and correct so other users don't get confused.
I don't understand what you are saying here .. "I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like,". Are you saying 72 on the pen is ONE UNIT or 72 units.. please state exactly what you mean by this statement.
Please answer my original question .. "why you think "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"? Who told you this .. surely not your HCP?
Thanks
Jonty
dcoppard said:Just out of interest I have been taking Lantus for 3 years and Novarapid for 1. It was only a short while ago I realised that 1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen. Therefore when I inject 60.units of lantus that is only 20 units of insulin.
I just wonder how many people realise this and whether this ever causes any problems. Certainly it was never pointed out to me when I started injecting. :!:
Hi kjw123,kjw123 said:it seems there is a confusion going on here Jonty, I don't believe it was me that said "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"?
I simply said that when I dialed up 72 on the pen I was led to believe that that amounted to 72 units.
Just a little confusion going on here I think.
JontyW said:kjw123 said:Well Jonty.........
I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like, it depends on how picky you want to be.
Hi kjw123,
With all due respect, I am not trying to be picky, but I think it is really important that information regarding insulin doses, that are posted on this forum, are quite clear and correct so other users don't get confused.
I don't understand what you are saying here .. "I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like,". Are you saying 72 on the pen is ONE UNIT or 72 units.. please state exactly what you mean by this statement.
Please answer my original question .. "why you think "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"? Who told you this .. surely not your HCP?
Thanks
Jonty
kjw123 said:One thing I have found confusing is the different approach's to diabetes care in as much as the diiferent insulin types otheres use and whether they carb count or not .....I personally have never carb counted or adjusted my insulin to the ammount of carb intake. I have simply found a background level of Lantus that gives me a relativly stable BM during the day and just use Nova-Rapid to take care of my BM after I have eaten and funny enough my hbA1c has been around the 6 point mark for sometime now.
JontyW said:kjw123 said:Well Jonty.........
I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like, it depends on how picky you want to be.
Hi kjw123,
With all due respect, I am not trying to be picky, but I think it is really important that information regarding insulin doses, that are posted on this forum, are quite clear and correct so other users don't get confused.
I don't understand what you are saying here .. "I dial up 72 on the pen that is what I was always led to believe (by my HCP) as a unit but I guess you can call it what you like,". Are you saying 72 on the pen is ONE UNIT or 72 units.. please state exactly what you mean by this statement.
Please answer my original question .. "why you think "1 unit of insulin is actually 3 units on the pen"? Who told you this .. surely not your HCP?
Thanks
Jonty
iHs said:Hi
Just being a bit curious but do you drink cups of tea and coffee during the day and if so, do you have milk in them or what?