Rapid Acting Insulins: Side Affects

[violentloser]

What type of Rapid Acting Insulins are currently available to Type 1 Diabetics?

I seem to be very susceptible to the lil side affects of each and Novorapid doesn't suit me in the slightest.

Has anyone else had side affects associated to Novorapid and/or switched to alternatives? Would love to here your stories. Have actually read that it can lower Potassium levels significantly.

Many Thanks

Dan

 

[noblehead]

Humalog and Apidra insulins are available.

 

[jodysd6]

I hadn't really heard of Novorapid in particular causing lowering of potassium, but any insulin has the potential to do that, insulin is used to treat high potassium levels in non-diabetics and a side effect of large overdoses of insulin (I have seen it in someone who had attempted suicide with around 3000 units of insulin) is low potassium, since insulin acts on the pump in the cell wall that allows potassium to enter cells.

Like said above humalog and apidra are the main short acting alternatives in the uk, I switched from humalog to apidra and it was just a case if careful watching and tweaking if doses, so if Novorapid is a problem for you it may be worth considering trying another, humalog is probably the closest to Novorapid with apidra being slightly faster acting.

 

[Daibell]

What side effects do you experience?