What To Do If You Miss A Dose Of Background (24h) Insulin.

everway9

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Good evening everyone. :)

I forgot to take today's dose of Lantus Solo and I'm thinking 'what do I do'?

My glucose level is 9.6 which is normal when compared to my average for this time of day.

I have been taking it at 18:00 - 18:30 pm. Time is now 22:50.

My thoughts are I should take it now.

What are your thoughts.

Thanks :)
 
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You could take this evening's dose less 20% to be on the safe side and then go back to your normal dose tomorrow.
 
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Hi robert72. I missed the notification email saying you had replied. Thanks for your reply.
 
everway9

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I have been started on 12u Lantus. So 20% of that is 2.4u. I will round that up to 3. So 3 from 12 is 9. So therefore I should take 9. Do you think that's ok at this time of night?

Sorry but what does basal mean? :)
 
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everway9 said:
I have been started on 12u Lantus. So 20% of that is 2.4u. I will round that up to 3. So 3 from 12 is 9. So therefore I should take 9. Do you think that's ok at this time of night?

Sorry but what does basal mean? :)
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Now that you're almost 6 hours away from your usual time then I guess 25% less would be OK.

Basal insulin is your background insulin (Lantus).
 
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OK... spot on m8. Thanks so much for your time. :)
 
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LincolnLizzie

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This happened to me and my DN advised that up to 12 hours late, halve the dose or have a full dose and change my dose timing. Over 12 hours just miss completely and that it is nothing to worry about. I'm on Lantus too.
 
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Thanks LinclonLizzie.

That sounds about right yes.

I had not eaten any dinner yesterday evening so what I ended up doing was having a late meal. So I did not have any Lantus at all but had NovaRapid with my meal. I woke up this morning and checked my level and it was 14.6 which is average for me at this stage. So I think what I did worked nicely. However I dont think it's a good solution overall. I think what other people and yourself have posted here should be the way to go as people dont normally eat a main meal at 00:30... or at least they shouldn't :)
 
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