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Taken too much insulin

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Samwar

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Hi by mistake I've just taken my nova rapid instead of levenmer is it OK to have taken 4 lots of nova rapid
 
You are going to need a lot of fast acting carbs. How many units of Novorapid did you take?
 
4 units when I realised it was 6.6 then dropped to 2.4 when get sugars up can I taken levenmer or should I not take it tonight
 
The novorapid will stay in your system for 4-5 hours from when you took it. Best to make sure you've had enough carbs to cover the Novorapid dose. I think I would wait a while before taking Levemir - when is your next Levemir dose due?
 
oh dear I've done that too. You'll need the quick acting carbs as others have suggested. I've used my bolus instead of basal before and only noticed once I had already injected.
 
So the Novorapid has probably done about 70-80% of it's action by now. It depends how confident you are that it won't take you much lower in the next 2-3 hours. What are your BG levels like now?
 
Yeah I did it once too but I didn't know until the hypo hit out of nowhere. Luckily it was daytime as I took my Lantus in the morning.
 
Just make sure it's the right stuff

Hope it all goes OK from here.
 
All was ok but sugars were 15.5 this morning and taken all day to get them down they are 6.1 now
 
I probably would have over treated a hypo after making that mistake Glad it's all settled now.
 
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