Time for Novarapid to start lowering BS

[sgm14]

Another in the long list of things about diabetes that I don't understand.

Unless my BS is very high, I never inject my insulin more than about 15 minutes before a meal, otherwise I risk going low before the carbs kick in, which means that my Novarapid must quite often start lowering my BS within 15 minutes and can often cause a 2-3 point drop within 30 minutes.

So why does it almost always take more than an hour for a correction dosage to start lowering my BS and usually takes 90 - 120 minutes before it will drop 2-3 points?

I was wondering if anyone else experiences this or has an explanation?

 

[EllieM]

I feel your pain. Not using novorapid (also referred to as novosluggish by some on the forum) but I find that once my bg is too high I become more insulin resistant and everything takes longer to act.

I'm using humalog BTW.

 

[Jaylee]

Interestingly.

Novo slug don’t apply to me..
The times I’ve gone wayward (talking in the 20s?) & need to correct I’ve seen a turnaround in under the hour & need to under calculate the correction dose by at least 1 unit or I plummet like a stone & almost feeling hypo when hitting range??
(Especially if busy at work..)