Which Insulin to cover lowcarbs

[cocodog]

Hi

When the meal is high in fat and protein, the humalog just doesnt seem to keep the levels down a few hours afer eating. Any suggestions?

Ella

 

[noblehead]

Splitting the dose might be an option but you would need to speak with your HCP's on how best to approach this.

 

[smidge]

Hey cocodog!

I low-carb and was having similar problems until I moved my night time Insuman basal jab from 10.00pm to 6.30pm. Insuman has a bit of a peak at 4-5 hours, and this coincides with the spike from the low-carb food usually. I take my Apidra with the food according to how many carbs in it, and use the peak of the Insuman to deal with the protein 'spike'. I doubt that would work on the Lantus/Levimir types of basal, though. If that's what you're on, you might have to split the dose and do the extra jab as Nigel suggests.

Smidge

 

[cocodog]

Hi noblehead and smidge

Split the humalog, take before eating enough to cover carbohydrates and then wait a few hours and take an amount to cover protein and fat? Chris takes Humulin I twice a day as background, it peaks rapidly between 4-8 hours.

 

[noblehead]

Hi noblehead and smidge

Split the humalog, take before eating enough to cover carbohydrates and then wait a few hours and take an amount to cover protein and fat? Chris takes Humulin I twice a day as background, it peaks rapidly between 4-8 hours.

It's really trial & error in finding what best works for you with regards to splitting insulin doses but it does involve a lot of testing initially, as I said earlier it's best that you discuss this first with your diabetes team and ask for their advice.