Help!

[KAREN1]

Can Anyone Advise Me I Forgot To Take My Levemir At 10pm And Have Only Just Realised (ifeel So Stupid And Worried) I Have Taken It At 12midnight Is This Ok I Just Panicked Have I Done The Right Thing? And Is There Anything Else I Shoul Do? Thanks

 

[aymes]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, certainly not ideal but the important thing is you've remembered it now, rather than been without it overnight. What I would probably do is then take it at 11pm tomorrow night before bringing it back to 10pm the following night, just to do it gradually. I wouldn't worry too much, if you are concerned maybe set an alarm to test during the night then call your dsn for advice in the morning. I've forgotton my basal injections on a couple of occasions (the first during the dafne course ironically!), think most of us have done it at some point or another.

 

[Northerner]

I have taken my lantus a couple of hours after my 'normal' time, usually when I've been on a night out. I haven't suffered any problems from it. I don't think it lasts the full 24 hours in me anyway, so there's no overlap with the following night taking it at the normal time (if you see what I mean!)

 

[Copepod]

I don't worry about being 1 or 2 hours either side of normal long acting dose times. If concerned, look at the leaflet that comes with your Levemir - most medicine leaflets include advice if you forgot to take your medicine. Generally more reliable than posting on a web forum at midnight!

 

[Patricia]

Hello all

We had a similar thing last night -- something in the air?! -- and forgot E's levermir until 1.5 hours after it was due. He then went to bed quite high (I put this down to 'missing' levermir, even though dose is split so he did have some from the morning) -- 14. I had expected him to go down in the night once the levermir hit, but he woke at 11... Could it be that because levermir was late it never 'got on top of' dinner, and kept him stable in the night but didn't actually act on the levels?

Or did we just mess up the evening dinner novorapid dose?! (I realise as I write this that this is the more likely. Damn!)

 

[KAREN1]

Missed Dose

I wouldn't worry too much about it, certainly not ideal but the important thing is you've remembered it now, rather than been without it overnight. What I would probably do is then take it at 11pm tomorrow night before bringing it back to 10pm the following night, just to do it gradually. I wouldn't worry too much, if you are concerned maybe set an alarm to test during the night then call your dsn for advice in the morning. I've forgotton my basal injections on a couple of occasions (the first during the dafne course ironically!), think most of us have done it at some point or another.

THANK YOU AYMES FOR YOUR REPLY WILL DO WHAT YOU SAID BG OK THIS MORNING BUT WILL GIVE DSN A RING JUST FOR REASURANCE THANKS ONCE AGAIN!

 

[sofaraway]

I often give my basal an hour or so before or after the 9pm it's due.