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On 20 units of lantus before breakfast, novorapid 3x daily breakfast,lunch and tea, was originally on 8 units before meals but have now attempted to do the card count, reading 8.2 before breakfast, 2 hours later it had climbed to 13 , tested 2 hours later it had dropped to 6.5, are they the type of readings I should be looking for, also on another note, if I find my readings are high before eating should I be adding more units to my novorapid. Any advice appreciated.
 
Those readings aren’t too bad @Charl 🙂 How far in advance of eating did you inject your Novorapid?

Yes, if you’re high before a meal you can add a correction dose, but you need to know your Correction Factor (how much 1 unit of insulin drops you) before you do so.
 
Charl said:
Novorapid usually given 10 minutes before eating.
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Ok. You could try giving it 15 minutes before. This might help reduce your spike. Experiment cautiously. Different meals ie breakfast, lunch, etc, might need a different time in advance. For me, breakfast needs the longest advance time and evening meal the least time.
 
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