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Insulin

Does insulin have to be refrigerated? Is there a difference in strength Novo and Lilly NPH and Regular?

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Our daughter, born 18-01-95, diagnosed 05-98, just started to use Humalog Mix25. Are there any experiences using this type of insulin at young children?

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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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