Switch from Lantus to Tresiba

alisonhe

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I tried shifting from Lantus to Tresiba twice and both times the sugar levels went above 300. Forced to go back to Lantus.
Has anyone else had this sort of reaction?
Ive just started on tresiba, day 6. Really struggling to get my blood sugar stabilised. Prior i was using NPH before bed and just Humulin S before meals so i wanted to try having a basal dose during the day. I take T in the morning but my bloods are raising every night about 4 mmol. I upped my dose to 8 units T yesterday and was low all day then again the increase at night. I called the diabetes specialist yesterday morning to ask whether i should take the Tresiba at night rather than morning and he said no, just increase your dose by 1 unit. This morning my blood glucose has been raising. I experience the dawn phenomen. The first day on Tresiba, my bloods were relatively low then the next 2 days they were all over the place but mostly high, I slowly increased my regular insulin which helped but still rising at night. I'm still wondering whether i would be better taking it at night.