lantis
I don’t understand what the advantage of lantis is if you still have to take
insulin at meal times. My doctor wanted to put me on it too and I objected.
I am a type 2 who went on insulin when they found i had it as my pancreas
stopped functioning but it is producing some insulin again. I take 2 shots
of 70/30 right now and it seems to be working as i am always under 150.
May 4th, 2004 at 3:46 pm
Hello,
<LOL>
Don’t go poking holes in their ~magic~ formula!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And specifically w/ re: to Lantis, to my knowledge it is PURELY a LONG
acting insulin, and is NOT a short acting one. If I am correct, it would be
a SERIOUS mistake to use it at meal times for ~coverage~ of the carbs in our
foods.
But if you were taking the Humalog rather than the Lantis that would be a
better insulin for that particular duty.
I too as have any diabetic on injectable insulin questioned ok, "… why is
this stuff so MAGICAL if I am compelled to take it with every meal…" It
would be magic if I only needed to take it once and be done for the day
(with the same effect)!
The insulin pump, IMHO-fwiw has the identical challenge. Why waste our time,
money and effort for the technology, when I can do the same thing, without
the extra costs, as you said before, merely shooting prior to my meal. Why
bother with the technology. Its not the "magic" the insulin it uses is….