What happens if you take Humalog in the morning?

What happens if you take Humalog in the morning?

If the blood sugar drops anyway, too much long-acting insulin is being taken in the morning injection. But if the blood sugar stays flat or varies by only 10 or 20 points when lunch is skipped, the morning long-acting dose is OK and the lunch Humalog has to be the culprit.

When to test blood sugars with Humalog insulin?

Monitor blood sugars often when switching to this particular insulin. Due to Humalog’s fast onset of action, routine testing is recommended before each meal, at 2 to 2 � hours after eating, and at any time unusual symptoms occur. Extra testing can prevent many problems caused by the new insulin.

Why do I need fewer units of Humalog?

After switching from Regular to Humalog, many people have found that fewer units of Humalog are needed to cover the same food. Fewer units may also be needed to lower high blood sugars. Others have discovered that as meal doses are lowered, they need to raise their long-acting insulin to replace some of the lost meal dose.

What should your blood sugar be in the morning?

70 to 130 mg/dl if you have diabetes. The dawn effect can often lead to a high morning measurement in diabetes. This is your body’s tendency to get ready for the day by raising blood sugar by increasing levels of counter-regulatory hormones – the ones that counteract insulin as in normal blood sugar.

If the blood sugar drops anyway, too much long-acting insulin is being taken in the morning injection. But if the blood sugar stays flat or varies by only 10 or 20 points when lunch is skipped, the morning long-acting dose is OK and the lunch Humalog has to be the culprit.

How much Humalog should I take if my blood sugar is high?

They are likely to drop 50 mg/dl on each unit of Regular. For each 50 mg/dl they are above their target blood sugar before meals, they would add an extra unit of Regular to their usual insulin dose to correct the high blood sugar.

What causes high blood sugar levels in the morning?

Some additional clues that the Somogyi effect may be the cause include nightmares, restless sleep and overnight sweating as these are all signs of low blood sugar levels. How can high blood sugar levels in the morning be controlled?

When to use sliding scale insulin with Humalog?

With Humalog’s short action time of 3 � hours, covering postmeal highs with more insulin can be considered as soon as two hours if a meal dose have been underestimated. Of course, not as much sliding scale insulin would be needed here as before a meal, because some of the meal dose is yet to work.