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Insulin

My husband just made the switch from animal-source insulin to synthetic human insulin. When he is running low on his blood sugar levels. Should we decrease his human insulin intake?

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I am 26 years old, have had type 1 diabetes for two years, and I am planning to have a baby. I am scared because I am unsure if the use of NPH and Humalog insulin is safe during pregnancy. I am aware that different doctors feel differently about the use of Humalog. What is known about insulin and pregnancy?

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My eight year old son was diagnosed with type 1 six months ago. Do you have any information on how a cocktail of NPH, Regular and Humalog works?

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My son is 6 years 9 months old and was diagnosed about 2 years ago. My endocrinologist has just advised that my son is being overinsulinized (receiving 1.9 units/kilo, 49 units/day). He weighs 25 kilos and wants to reduce to 1 unit/kilo. Is this common?

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We would love to try Lantus due to the no-peak thing, but my son does not want to inject in school thus NPH works for this reason. Can we simply replace the NPH with Lantus?

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My 13 year old son takes Humalog with NPH at breakfast and at dinner. If in the future he switched from NPH to Lantus, do you estimate less Humalog for meals because the Lantus and Humalog will overlap whereas Humalog and NPH do not?

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My 14 year old daughter, diagnosed about a year ago, has a high blood sugar every morning. How much basal insulin can she take at night? Is it more then 20 units? Is a total daily insulin dose of nearly 60 units normal for teens?

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It is time to replace my daughter’s NPH (we change bottles every 30 days), and for the past few days, in spite of reducing the dose, she is still going low. The NPH doesn’t look clumpy or anything and her routine and food intake haven’t changed. Have you ever known NPH to cause lows when it was going bad?

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I just found out my two year old daughter has diabetes, and I am still struggling with trying to regulate her insulin. Why does my two year old’s insulin need to be diluted with saline solution?

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My daughter is using Lantus in the evening and Actrapid three times a day for meals because we cannot cover the long time span between breakfast and lunch, but I see that you recommend Humalog or Novolog. We’re using this fast acting insulin just if we go to restaurants or if we have no time before lunch or dinner. Is it possible to use both Actrapid and Humalog/Novolog for premeal insulin?

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