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Insulin

My teen daughter was diagnosed with type 1 after sudden weight loss. She’s overweight and has started regaining weight since going on insulin. Can someone using insulin still lose weight? How much weight gain is normal when put on insulin?

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Can you help me understand why the doctor has put my daughter on a Humalog-Regular-NPH-Lantus regimen?

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I am on NPH and Humalog for type 2. The NPH covers my dawn phenomenon well, but the NP wants me to switch to Lantus. Can Lantus control the dawn phenomenon? When should I be checking my blood sugars?

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Recently diagnosed, I gave my son insulin for an elevated blood sugar that went up to HIGH before coming in range 45 minutes later. In the future, how long should I wait for his insulin to work? At what point do I take him to the hospital?

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Since July, I have needed to lower my teen daughter’s basal rates and insulin to carbohydrate ratio. Is this related to the end of puberty or something else?

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What are the options for someone who takes animal insulin and cannot take regular or synthetic insulins?

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When my daughter eats sugary foods, she often goes low. Why is this? She takes NovoLog and Lantus.

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My daughter takes a total of 53 to 57 units of insulin a day. What are the long-term effects of using that much insulin? Is it dangerous?

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Is there a test kit or any way to know if my insulin (Humalog pen) has spoiled?

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Since my young son’s insulin needs have fluctuated wildly recently, is it possible he was misdiagnosed? Could he have another form of diabetes? What should we do?

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