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Nighttime Insulin - To Take it Not To

ConleighS
ConleighS Posts: 1,058 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Tonight my BS was 216 before dinner and I took 6 units of Humolog because I was having pizza. My bedtime reading is 83. I am little worried about taking the levemir when I am that low but I don’t know if BS will raise high overnight. Would you take levemir or no (dose is normally 12 units) I am going to try without and see what happens in the morning. I’ll keep you posted.

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  • KenSmith108
    KenSmith108 Posts: 1,967 Member
    Levemir is background insulin. Humolog is fast insulin.
    The Humolog wouldn't cover me till morning, so I would inject Levemir.
  • ConleighS
    ConleighS Posts: 1,058 Member
    Thanks Ken. I woke up an hour later and BS was 114 so I too 6 units of Levemir. BS this morning is 156. So for now on I’ll just take full dose.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    My pros would tell me “if it’s time and you don’t feel well, medicate (either for diabetes or random pain/whatever)! If it’s time and you do feel well, medicate!...but assess-if you wish you hadn’t taken that dose (because you’re now shaking and dying due to low sugar or whatever), don’t take it tomorrow.
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