Apidra Solostar 100Iu/Ml Disposable Pen Health Feed

Your technique may need modification.
Pinch the skin, introduce the needle perpendicularly, not at an angle.
After you have injected the insulin, count to 10 to allow some time. Then remove the needle and do nothing to the injection site.
You can always use pen device to ensure consisted delivery of insulin with negligible discomfort.

Although there is no alternative to insulin but being a homoeopath I will recommend you a homoeo medicine which you can take alongwith your present treatment and I think u will surely benefit vincetoxinum ( adel ) 10 drops in 1 glass fresh water empty stomach.

Hello, thanks for the query.
I have seen the details mentioned. With a hba1c% of 10%, it is clear that your diabetes is not at all in good control. Considering your age, it is necessary to maintain hba1c% < 6.5%, fbg < 100 mg & pp 150 to 160 mg. This control will help in preventing or postponing the long term complications associated with t2 dm. Quite often when control goes hay wire, using of insulin helps to regain the control and after 4 to 6 months one may be able to maintain a good cont...more

Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
The blood glucose 471 mg (either random or PP, it can not be both), is too high. It means your present treatment is very inadequate. This needs to be upgraded. Please tell me whether you are on only Insulin or also take any oral antidiabetic drugs? Or you have T1 or T2 diabetes?
Ideally in well controlled diabetes fasting glucose should be < 100 mg, PP 150 to 170 mg & HbA1c% <6.8. So there is need to give a detailed look at the treatment. Hence, if...more

Kindly mention your recent fasting and pp blood sugar levels and revert back to me for further assistance. Dr. Surbhi agrawal consultant physician and diabetologist.

If you are a confirmed case of Insulin Dependent Diabetes . At least as of now nothing other than Insulin will work. Insulin Pen works well, least pain and most convenient. You should do everything to maintain perfect sugar control, regular follow up , preventing complications, early detection and earliest detection of complications to have long and healthy life. Research is going on extensively for painless administration of Insulin for which wait hopefully

Mr. Lybrate-user, both the brands contain one part as fast acting insulin and the other part as a loger acting insulin. You can replace one for another, but slight dose adjust mey be needed.

Hello, It is difficult give the dosage based on the information given. If you are on Glargine 40 units at night, then oral antidiabetes drugs plus another combination like Wosulin 30/70 (it is 30 /70 not 30/50), it is a bit odd. Because you are already on a long acting compound. So ideally there should be a short acting one to check post breakfast and post lunch surge. Another aspect the mentioned glucose levels are not too high, therefore Glargine and oral drugs should be enough to give a bette...more

change the site of injection to the other leg or abdomen. keep rotating the sites. take help of a professional if required.

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