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I took lantus insulin instead of nova rapid at morning instead of evening. What should I do?

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I took my lantus by mistake of nova rapid this morning. I usually take my lantus in the evening. Please help!
 
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I took my lantus by mistake of nova rapid this morning. I usually take my lantus in the evening. Please help!
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This happens to many of us. Just keep an eye on your blood glucose readings, and adjust your carbohydrate intake accordingly.
 
As @ElenaP said, keep an eye on blood sugars. Correct with nova and eat carb according to what your readings say.
I gather Lantus has a two hour period before it’s working full strength.
You might also want to consider changing the time you take Lantus to morning rather than evening and thus avoid any overlap.
However, when I was using Lantus, many moons ago, I did this too. I seem to remember I took a big bag of carb to work and extra blood glucose strips then had a reduced dose of Lantus in the evening and extra novo the following day.
It was a right palaver!
 
I'd reduce my bolus doses (25% at a guess to start with, or reduce even more and see if you run high or not) throughout the day as the additional lantus will mean you need less insulin. You may well also run low between meals so have some snacks available. There's no harm in running a bit high for one (or two) day(s) while you sort it out, certainly easier and safer than running low all day.

Regarding moving it back to the right time, and the concerns of potentially running low overnight, I'd probably go for 50% of the lantus dose at the correct pre-bed time (and perhaps even have an uncovered bedtime snack, depending on how you feel your body has reacted to the additional insulin during today), and then accept running a bit high during tomorrow until the next evening lantus dose and it all settles back down.

We're all different though so there's not necessarily a correct answer.

Good luck, let us know how you get on!
 
I took 10 units Lantus Solarstar insulin, which is my usual bedtime dose, early this morning by mistake. Should I take it again at bedtime tonight?
 
Hi and welcome to the forum.

Do you wear a CGM?

I would keep a very close eye on your blood sugars during the day today and make sure you have plenty of hypo treatments available as last nights dose will still be working, so effectively you have twice as much insulin on board as usual.

We can’t advise you on what dose to take tonight, but I personally wouldn’t take my usual dose because I’d run the risk of being low overnight. The lantus you took this morning will still be in your system overnight. The best thing to do would be to try and speak to your GP or diabetic nurse and see what they recommend. If you can’t get hold of them you could try ringing 111.
 
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