Lantus, Levemir or pump therapy advice.

I think Humulin S is a mixed insulin roger, taken twice a day, so you would need to match up the insulin with carbs...........

Hi Roger,

the Dietician advised me that Humulin S didn't work well with carb counting. I think he meant a faster acting insulin responds better to ratios; but I'm not entirely sure. A DSN or dietician would probably be the best to advise you on that.

Ahmentep said:


Hi BMuffs,

You say that Humulin 'S' doesn't work well with carb-counting. Could you expand on that please?

Kind regards,

Roger

When I started carbohydrate counting, I was still on Lantus and managed to lose over a stone in weight. The DSN and dietician moved me from Humulin S to Apidra but kept me on lantus because the Humulin S doesn't work well with carb counting and I was on quite a high level too.

So there is definitely the potential to lose weight on lantus. What seems to make the difference is getting your ratios and BI right first of all, which should then, in theory, mean that you can reduce your food and insulin in-take at meal/snack times (or even exercise more) and as a consequence lose weight.

fishnetsboi said:
What's best levemir or lantus if you are trying to loose weight???

Just to clarify - Humulin S is a soluble insulin which is quick acting. It starts to work 30minutes after injection (hence needs to be taken 20-30 minutes before meal). it lasts more than 5 hours.
suits some people for carb counting but not all.
Less flexible than the analogue insulins (very fast acting) as needs to be taken before the meal.
Ellen Davidson
Diabetes Specialist Nurse