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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 627907" data-attributes="member: 12578">The levimir you were on before really just acted to help control your basal glucose ie it was steady in the background helping to reduce the glucose released from your liver during the day.Humulin M3 is a mixed insulin. It contains  70% isophane which is an intermediate insulin  that also acts in the background. This insulin isn't as flat as levimir it does have a bit of a peak.It also contains 30% soluble regular  insulin, this is a faster insulin so can be used to help cover your food intake.As you are taking it twice a day this is what the insulin profile looks like. (obviously the peaks will be a bit  higher or lower according to the amount you are taking in each injection)[ATTACH=full]6910[/ATTACH]When you take this sort of insulin, they work best if you eat at regular times and adopt a regular (in amount) carb intake.It sounds as if you needed the extra help of the regular insulin.</blockquote>

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