Return to lantus And lunchtime

[Lauren8443]

Hi , after 5 weeks of trailing Levemir due to night time lows with lantus, I am now back on lantus....the Levemir made me feel weird and also I was injecting loads!

I am back on lantus and starting on 15.5 units as have a half unit pen for it. I have decided to take it at lunchtime around 2pm so that it does spike over night and is stable and settled in my system come night time.

Does anyone else take lantus at lunchtime and find it works for them???

 

[Austin Mini]

I take Lantus but at nighttime, 10 pm, as thats what its designed for to take you through the night. I started on 12 units before bed and increased them every two days by 1 unit untill I awoke with the same reading I went to bed with i.e. 6 or 7. Since using Lantus my longtime BS readings have gone from bad to excelent. Lantus realy turned my life around.

 

[Northerner]

I take Lantus but at nighttime, 10 pm, as thats what its designed for to take you through the night.

I'm not sure I agree with it being 'designed' to be taken at night - it needs to be taken at a time that is both convenient and that will also work well to cover a person's basal requirements throughout the day and night. For some people that might mean injecting morning, noon or night, and possibly even splitting the injection if it doesn't last the full 24 hours, or if there is a large enough variance in requirements at different times. Many people on lantus report a peak around 3-5 hours after injecting, so this can increase the possibilities of a night hypo.

@Lauren8443, it's a shame the levemir didn't work for you, I hope that you get better results back on the lantus, with the new timing 🙂

 

[Austin Mini]

I just read the instructions on the box and followed them. Works for me and dsn cant believe my fantastic BS longtime readings.

 

[trophywench]

Austin - if it just happens to match your body's background needs - which it obviously does in your case - well that is brilliant for you. But you just have to accept that it doesn't match everyone's background needs - because it doesn't - and that's that!

Bet it doesn't sting you when you inject it either? Stings me like hell and probably if I didn't already know that EVERY insulin doesn't do it - I might have thought I just had to put up with it - and going hypo in the middle of the night every night, and high in the late afternoon and all evening every day too ...... see what I mean? And - it's not just me either.

No insulin acts completely the same for anyone !