Taken too much insulin

[Samwar]

Hi by mistake I've just taken my nova rapid instead of levenmer is it OK to have taken 4 lots of nova rapid

 

[robert72]

You are going to need a lot of fast acting carbs. How many units of Novorapid did you take?

 

[Samwar]

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

 

[robert72]

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?

 

[Samwar]

At bed time I thought I took it at 10

 

[Mep]

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.

 

[robert72]

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?

 

[robert72]

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.

 

[Samwar]

There 9.2 now

 

[robert72]

There 9.2 now

Then I think I would take the Levemir

 

[Samwar]

Ok thank you

 

[robert72]

Just make sure it's the right stuff

Hope it all goes OK from here.

 

[Samwar]

All was ok but sugars were 15.5 this morning and taken all day to get them down they are 6.1 now

 

[robert72]

I probably would have over treated a hypo after making that mistake Glad it's all settled now.