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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2315245" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>NZ only has 5 million people and the pharmac dictated list of available drugs is pretty limited (particularly so for T2s though I hadn't realised that there was only 1 basal for us T1s). Apparently lantus is the only basal available. I don't want a pump because of skin allergy issues. </p><p></p><p>I could maybe inject lantus twice a day on the grounds that I'd then only have half the insulin acting fast?</p><p></p><p>Make sure my bg is at least 6/7 before injecting lantus, wait 30 minutes (and inject a correction dose of humalog after that if necessary?)</p><p></p><p>Never inject lantus until at least 4 hours after my evening pre-meal bolus? (But that pretty well never happens anyway and didn't happen last night)</p><p></p><p>Does anyone know how low you have to go before you pass out? (I woke my husband and warned him that he might need to dial 111 if I passed out). I actually didn't feel too bad last night at 2.5 (which is a bit of a worry), but I very very rarely go lower than high 3s because I know my hypo awareness gets much worse if I have too many hypos....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2315245, member: 372717"] NZ only has 5 million people and the pharmac dictated list of available drugs is pretty limited (particularly so for T2s though I hadn't realised that there was only 1 basal for us T1s). Apparently lantus is the only basal available. I don't want a pump because of skin allergy issues. I could maybe inject lantus twice a day on the grounds that I'd then only have half the insulin acting fast? Make sure my bg is at least 6/7 before injecting lantus, wait 30 minutes (and inject a correction dose of humalog after that if necessary?) Never inject lantus until at least 4 hours after my evening pre-meal bolus? (But that pretty well never happens anyway and didn't happen last night) Does anyone know how low you have to go before you pass out? (I woke my husband and warned him that he might need to dial 111 if I passed out). I actually didn't feel too bad last night at 2.5 (which is a bit of a worry), but I very very rarely go lower than high 3s because I know my hypo awareness gets much worse if I have too many hypos.... [/QUOTE]
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