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How many units of insulin do you take daily?

How many units of insulin do you take daily

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AceFace

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Im always being asked how many units of insulin do you take and is that normal, i know there is no rules everyone is different and lifestyle is different, fill out the pole would be interesting to see if there is an average, by the way im on Lantus 36 and Humalog 14 twice a day which equals 64
 
On MDI, the question is akin to how long is a piece of string? Or, indeed, how many chips I want to eat. Or don’t. Over Christmas, I would have had to check three of the choices, which would be lost in the survey as an individual vote. Sorry.
 
mikeyB said:
On MDI, the question is akin to how long is a piece of string? Or, indeed, how many chips I want to eat. Or don’t. Over Christmas, I would have had to check three of the choices, which would be lost in the survey as an individual vote. Sorry.
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I get that i know its hard to say but but xmas is a bit special
 
Afraid your table does not go high enough for me to enter my daily dose which is

Novorapid......200 units daily
Insulatard.......150 units daily So total for the day is......350 units.


John.
 
ukjohn said:
Afraid your table does not go high enough for me to enter my daily dose which is

Novorapid......200 units daily
Insulatard.......150 units daily So total for the day is......350 units.


John.
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Wow i didnt realize people were at that level iv updated the survey more than above
 
I’ve gone for a 40 day average, which handily Threepio keeps track of for me 😛
 
So far today 20 units of Levemir and 8 Novorapid, however I plan on having some biscuits and chocolate this evening so it will be considerably higher later :D
 
mikeyB said:
On MDI, the question is akin to how long is a piece of string? Or, indeed, how many chips I want to eat. Or don’t. Over Christmas, I would have had to check three of the choices, which would be lost in the survey as an individual vote. Sorry.
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Similar, but I went for the average. Over the past month it has varied between 15 and 28 with a mean of 22.5 but I have included Christmas and a few bad sets in there so I think my normal average is near enough 20.
 
Well my basal is 31 (and going down by the day) but my bolus only averages 7 units a day so I've gone for the nearest figure to 39.
 
I'm now around 35 a day. Since going on the pump earlier this month it has reduced by around 10-15u a day compared to MDI. (The c.45 units on MDI hadn't changed much in over 30 years).

I've tried to find out how much a 'normal' will produce in an average day. It would need to be a very rough average and will obviously depend on lots of things - weight, sex, diet etc, etc. Apparently it's difficult to measure but from what I could find 30-50u endogenous insulin seems to be in the right ballpark. Apparently you can't really compare endogenous and exogenous insulin as the liver gets involved with endogenous insulin (not entirely sure what happens :confused:).
 
Basal is 7.5 at the moment, Bolus varies with what I'm eating, I had 15 today, it included Christmas cake, but lower carb meals, so it's probably a good average, so 22.5 total.
 
Basal 5 units and usually up to 14 units bolus, although I might have gone slightly over that in the last few days........can't think why 😉
 
Matt Cycle said:
I'm now around 35 a day. Since going on the pump earlier this month it has reduced by around 10-15u a day compared to MDI. (The c.45 units on MDI hadn't changed much in over 30 years).

I've tried to find out how much a 'normal' will produce in an average day. It would need to be a very rough average and will obviously depend on lots of things - weight, sex, diet etc, etc. Apparently it's difficult to measure but from what I could find 30-50u endogenous insulin seems to be in the right ballpark. Apparently you can't really compare endogenous and exogenous insulin as the liver gets involved with endogenous insulin (not entirely sure what happens :confused:).
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My consultant once told me that an average healthy pancreas produces about 20 units a day. I inject about 20 units a day (all novorapid, no basal), but injected insulin is used far less efficiently, particularly in larger doses.
 
Basal 10 units daily
My Novo Rapid varies according to what I eat. today 27 units unless I’m hungry later on.
 
I’m probably around 60 a day at the moment but I’m on over double what I normally have for meals as pregnant and enjoying becoming insulin resistant... this is likely to go up and up over the next 12 weeks.
Not pregnant I probably sit around the 30 mark I’d guess.
 
Like someone else mentioned it varies so i’ve Put what I thin is average. Which is above 100.
But I was told it is nothing to do with how much or how less you need to take. It’s the fact you need to take it is more important
 
I was told approx. 20u a day for a non diabetic as well as Northerner so I've always had to use more right from Day 1.

I'm in the low 20s or less mostly but considering I've eaten a big bowl of stew followed by another, though smaller, dish of trifle and that's been dessert for 3 days now I think this weeks average might be up a bit!
 
As with everyone else, my bolus varies, generally between 11 - 16u a day, so I've gone for 13 as the average. My basal is normally 9u but the TB drugs have pushed that up to 10u currently, so my total insulin is low 20s.
 
Somewhere I read that a rough rule of thumb for total daily dose (I think for type 1) is half one’s body weight in kilos. For that much insulin I estimate I’d be eating about 200 g carbs a day and I think that’s not far off the average. I eat a lot less so that explains my lower dose. I also find that my basal needs increase if I eat more carbs.
 
Basal: 8. And my 3 meals on a normal day: 3, 5 and 6. A grand total of 22.
 
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