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Tresiba lows

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B3cky

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
I have seen a few posts of people having similar issues but not seeing any reasons behind it or fixes.

Recently switched to Tresiba from Humulin split dose injections. Everytime I inject my dose of tresiba within an hour of injecting it I have a hypo, my bloods are running high the rest of the day as if my dose of tresiba isn't high enough.

But for 10 days now every single time I have taken my dose, it's resulted in a hypo after it. Is this normal? How can long acting cause a hypo so soon? I've even let my blood run higher without a correction dose and then taken tresiba and still within the hour I'm below 3mmol. 10 hypos in 10 days. I have tried taking tresiba in the morning for the first week and switched to taking it at night this last week to see if it made a difference, but still hypos after an hour of taking it.
 
Hi @B3cky In my experience of taking Tresiba this never happened to me and I haven't heard of this happening to others either - where have you been reading these posts ? A basal like Tresiba should not cause a hypo after taking it, simply because of the profile of it's action, it doesn't even reach it's peak until 2 hours after taking the dose: https://www.novomedlink.com/diabetes/products/treatments/tresiba/about/product-profile.html Tresiba is renown for being a stable long acting insulin with a profile that extends beyond 36 hours.

A basal insulin simply covers the basic requirements of glucose management and covers the body's requirement in a fasting state,

Can you explain a little more about the circumstances around what is happening at the time you are taking it - so when did you take your last bolus/carbs eaten/exercise and activity at the time and BG levels before taking it, any hypos in the 6-8 hours beforehand ? The fact you are running high later in the day suggests the dosage needs adjusting, but I would be looking at the circumstances in the time frame around the hypo to rule out other factors first and in regards to adjusting your basal dose I would also look at doing some basal fasting tests before adjusting your dose too.
 
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