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Rapid acting insulin.

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Wondering if someone can offer any personal experiences of advise

I am currently on Novorapid as my rapid acting insulin, however my job means I struggle to give the insulin 20 to 30 minutes before I eat my lunch.

Was wondering if anyone has any advise on a rapid acting insulin with a faster on set? Also any personal experiences of changing from Novorapid to a different rapid acting insulin?

Thanks in advance.
 
Hello @Mousey and welcome to the forum 🙂
Fiasp would be the one to look at as you bolus 4 mins before you eat.

There are varying views/reviews of it. Personally I have found it very good and it works for me.
 
i have been using Fiasp for about 2 years.
It is faster than NovoSluggish but it is not as intense/fast as it was when I first started using it and it seems to have a shorter life outside the fridge - after about 2 weeks it seems to turn to water.

There is another one - Lilly's equivalent Ultra Rapid Lispro or URLi. I don't know anyone who has tried it or whether it is available in the UK.

The other option is to change what you eat at lunch time to something which take longer to digest. For example protein and fat rich foods allow you to take your insulin when you eat rather than needing to pre-bolus. It will take some trial and error to get the balance correct.
 
Welcome to the forum @Mousey

Hope you find a faster-acting insulin that suits you. Apridra is another option too - it’s older and a modestly faster analogue with a shorter tail I think.

Let us know which you end up trying, and how you get on. Always a bit of an upheaval swapping insulins!
 
I'm on Humalog, having had the same conversion with my DSN regarding lunchtime, as I could get called away between having my insulin and eating. I just have it straight after, as she said life sometimes doesn't fit the perfect diabetic lifestyle.
 
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