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What to do if inject wrong kind of insulin?

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MeanMom

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Was wondering about this earlier...

Think I'm right in saying if inject short acting instead of long acting then it's time for a bedtime feast😱

But was trying to think through what to do if long acting taken instead of short?

Would assume still have fast acting but should it be calculated dose, or bit less? Then I suppose it would be 'wait and see' - suppose there would be a good chance of hypo's for the next 24 hours ?

K has never mixed up her insulins but like to be prepared, and thought it would a usefull topic to cover🙂
 
I think you've said it all - you would need to test more often, reduce mealtime bolus and also watch for any periods where no food is digesting, so frequent small snacks in between meals. It would also depend on how disparate the doses were e.g. if I injected lantus instead of novorapid for my evening meal I would then have 4 times as much lantus as I needed as my NR dose at that time would be much higher than my normal lantus.
 
Nightmare if it was long-acting because it wouldn't work fast enough to act as bolus, therefore you'd have to bolus unless you wanted your BG to be 23.6 or something.

What you'd have to do as you say is test test test and snack every 2 hours, middle of the night or not.

Don't do it! LOL
 
I have done just that, injected Lantus (ages ago when I was on Lantus before Levemir) instead of Novorapid. I phoned NHS direct and followed their instructions which meant testing every 2 hours during the night. It really didn't do a lot, I kept reasonable BGs all night, deffo above hypo level, but best to keep testing.

The other way round can be a nightmare. I haven't personally done it, but I have sat up in a diabetic chat room talking someone else through it most of the night.
 
Oh that brings back memories!!!😱
Carol once injected Rapid instead of Levemir. Luckily I noticed while she was doing it (she had a red pen for rapid, silver for levemir). So we avoided any hypos, but she had to eat quite a bit during the night.

Never done it the other way round though.
 
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