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Switching to tresiba

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Hey people im a type 1 diabetic, and my doctor just switched me to tresiba from lantus. I was originally on 18 units of lantus, when my doctor switched me to tresiba he requested i take 20 units every day and up it 1 unit every week. My problem is ive been hearing around that tresiba is a more concentrated medicine and it last longer. So yesterday the first dose of tresiba at 2 pm. I was fine for a little bit then my sugar slowly got lower, so i was snacking on little things all day and night to make sure it didnt give me a low, that worked for me, but i have a feeling that if i didnt eat little snacks i would have had a hypo. Do you guys think it was a good decision to up my dose to 20 units on tresiba, from 18 units of lantus?
 
No I don't think it was a good decision, not sure why they thought you'd need a higher dose of Tresiba than what you were taking with lantus :confused:

I'll tag @robert72 into your thread as he has used Tresiba for the last 18 months.
 
When switching basal insulin it's usual to drop your dose by 20% and titrate from there. There is a more concentrated version of Tresiba (200u) did he switch you to this or to the 100u version? For the record, I need less Tresiba than I did Lantus, but we are all different, so it would be worth doing some basal testing to make sure your dose is correct. Sounds like it's too high at the moment.
 
I'd have thought he would have put u on a lower dose as that's that's what they did with me! I used to be on 32u levemir and when I switched to tresiba (as I started reacting to levemir) and I started on 26u and dropped it to 24u and with the tresiba I even used to lower the dose by 2 units if I was exercising in the early morning!
 
Thanks everyone, and yes it's the 100u, i decided my self to go ahead and lower it instead of titrate from 20 i went ahead and dropped it to 14 units, it's working perfect right there for the time being. No lows so far and my levels have been staying in good ranges. Thanks for the help. :)
 
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