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Insulin

Hi and welcome @cush07 do you know what your correction dose ratio is? some people say 1u (of quick acting) will bring them down 3mmol, everyone can be slightly different.
 
And if you want to delve even deeper in to the correction it has been observed that the higher the blood sugar is the greater the resistance to insulin is and therefore you would need more......

Before the pump, if I was above 17mmol, I needed 1 unit for every1 mmol reduction......

But you wont need to concern yourself with that though.....;)
 
I'm on 10units of novarapid 3 times and bedtime lantus 20 units. It's always my evening numbers and am the are in the teens.
 
cush07 said:
I'm on 10units of novarapid 3 times and bedtime lantus 20 units. It's always my evening numbers and am the are in the teens.
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Possible reasons could be:

Lantus running out [if you take it in the evening]

Your evening meal time insulin/carb ratio needs adjusting....

It sounds like your on fixed doses so wont be actively carb counting or adjusting your doses but you will likely need more if you continue to see that pattern.....
 
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