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What's the best time of day to take my Lantus?
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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1349620" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>The right amount of insulin is whatever works to keep your blood sugar where you want them to be.</p><p></p><p>If you're consistently high two hours after dinner that does suggest it's a lack of bolus that might be the issue so yo might need to look at your dinner time insulin:carb ratio and also the timing of the bolus.</p><p></p><p>Lantus doesn't last 24 hours, more like 14-18 I think. You might be running out of basal in the evening so you could look at splitting your dose. Maybe do some basal testing to try and work out what's going on with your basal coverage. That'll help you work out whether it's basal or bolus causing problems.</p><p></p><p>I used to take lantus when I was going to bed, so the timing moved depending on when I got into bed, then I split it and took it at bed time and on waking (also variable timings). Then I switched to levemir (which works better with a split cos it lasts 12 hours) until I started pumping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1349620, member: 32394"] The right amount of insulin is whatever works to keep your blood sugar where you want them to be. If you're consistently high two hours after dinner that does suggest it's a lack of bolus that might be the issue so yo might need to look at your dinner time insulin:carb ratio and also the timing of the bolus. Lantus doesn't last 24 hours, more like 14-18 I think. You might be running out of basal in the evening so you could look at splitting your dose. Maybe do some basal testing to try and work out what's going on with your basal coverage. That'll help you work out whether it's basal or bolus causing problems. I used to take lantus when I was going to bed, so the timing moved depending on when I got into bed, then I split it and took it at bed time and on waking (also variable timings). Then I switched to levemir (which works better with a split cos it lasts 12 hours) until I started pumping. [/QUOTE]
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