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Insulin

Is there some formal guide for conversion an insulin from a drip rate to Lantus? If a patient is receiving approximately 75 units of Regular, and the attempt is being made to convert from drip to Lantus, how much Lantus would be given?

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What new insulins are coming on the market?

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It seems to me very important to have insulins in a very good state because there can be high blood sugars thinking that you need to eat less or suspecting an occult infection. Which insulin ruins more easily out of the refrigerator (NPH, Lente, or Humalog)?

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For 20 years, I have been taking the Regular and NPH individually and in combination depending on when they are taken, and I have had pretty good success with these two insulins but also had some problems. I am trying to get equations for the responses of the different types of insulin I take.

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My five year old daughter’s insulin prescription was unable to be filled, and we were told by Lilly that the 1.5 ml cartridges of NPH and Regular have been discontinued, although Humalog remains available. Why is the current status of Humulin N and Humulin R in the 1.5 cartridge being discontinued not being discussed publicly?

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I have begun to follow a teenage African-American girl who has a rash which the family believes is an insulin reaction. While I cannot exclude that, my previous experience with folks “allergic” to insulin was that the “rash” was predominantly at injection sites! How wrong am I? What specific measures can I do to prove or disprove and then manage this?

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I use an insulin pen for my NPH and Regular. I am planning a three week trip to Thailand where the temperature can be as high as 33 C. Will my penfills be all right?

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I appear to have hypersensitivity to insulin. Due to the severity of low blood sugars, I am constantly battling rebounding highs. Lantus appears to be spiking throughout the day. Is it possible that I have some sort of allergy to Lantus that would be causing this? Is there any research on side-effects or sensitivity to Lantus?

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My 17 month old son was diagnosed with Type 1 a month ago. They switched his Lantus to the NPH without giving the Lantus much of a chance; do you believe that Lantus provides the best control? We have been finding that his blood sugars are often in the 300s two hours after he eats and the doctor suggests that this is okay and wonders why we check them two hours after he eats.

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My daughter takes Lantus in the morning and evening, but still has high blood sugars after bedtime. Should we increase the morning dose of Lantus?

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