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<blockquote data-quote="SweetSophia" data-source="post: 1553340" data-attributes="member: 434326"><p>I'm using human insulin right now (no analogues). I'm not a fan of this insulin and I'm gonna try to switch to analogues asap.</p><p>Doctors (and patients) will usually tell you that it has more "flat" curve, meaning it doesn't peak as hard as rapid acting insulins, but that's not true. Hunan (regular) insulin peaks very hard and the only difference is that it peaks later and it has later onset (roughly speaking: onset is 30 min after giving a shot, peak is 2 to 4 hours after giving a shot and it works for up to 6 hours). </p><p>When you're takin rapid insulin, there is a chance your food will be slower than your insulin and you'll have a hypo, then you'll eat something and use the insulin that was intended for the meal and then you'll go high. That is why doctors sometimes prescribe human insulin (although it's a stupid decision and they shoud just educate patients more). </p><p>When you're taking human insulin, usually you'll eat something and your bs will go very high because the insulin isn't really working yet, and then at some point, when it starts working you'll go really low.</p><p></p><p>My point is: to avoid dangerous lows you need to think about what kind of food you're eating and how much of it and when you decide that, you need to find the insulin that works for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SweetSophia, post: 1553340, member: 434326"] I'm using human insulin right now (no analogues). I'm not a fan of this insulin and I'm gonna try to switch to analogues asap. Doctors (and patients) will usually tell you that it has more "flat" curve, meaning it doesn't peak as hard as rapid acting insulins, but that's not true. Hunan (regular) insulin peaks very hard and the only difference is that it peaks later and it has later onset (roughly speaking: onset is 30 min after giving a shot, peak is 2 to 4 hours after giving a shot and it works for up to 6 hours). When you're takin rapid insulin, there is a chance your food will be slower than your insulin and you'll have a hypo, then you'll eat something and use the insulin that was intended for the meal and then you'll go high. That is why doctors sometimes prescribe human insulin (although it's a stupid decision and they shoud just educate patients more). When you're taking human insulin, usually you'll eat something and your bs will go very high because the insulin isn't really working yet, and then at some point, when it starts working you'll go really low. My point is: to avoid dangerous lows you need to think about what kind of food you're eating and how much of it and when you decide that, you need to find the insulin that works for you. [/QUOTE]
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