jameshallam
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Hi all,
I'm going to the states on business and wanted a bit of a advice about background insulin.
I normally take 8 units of lantus at 9pm. When I'm away 9pm will be 4pm.
Since I'm only away for a week, I though it would be a good idea just to carry on injecting at 4pm then I won't have to bother time shifting or anything (esp. since lantus takes 2-3 days to take effect).
Any thoughts?
I'm also due to go to Dubai later on in the year, and there 9pm = 12am. In which case I might just move an hour earlier to have before bed.
Does anyone know if background insulin is affected by the time of day? Does it have more/less effect when asleep/awake?
Thanks,
James
I'm going to the states on business and wanted a bit of a advice about background insulin.
I normally take 8 units of lantus at 9pm. When I'm away 9pm will be 4pm.
Since I'm only away for a week, I though it would be a good idea just to carry on injecting at 4pm then I won't have to bother time shifting or anything (esp. since lantus takes 2-3 days to take effect).
Any thoughts?
I'm also due to go to Dubai later on in the year, and there 9pm = 12am. In which case I might just move an hour earlier to have before bed.
Does anyone know if background insulin is affected by the time of day? Does it have more/less effect when asleep/awake?
Thanks,
James