Help please? The sliding scale for insulin doesn't work for me.
6 Answers
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2003. supporting a spouse with pre-diabetes since 2014.
League City, TX
League City, TX
what do you need help with, exactly
Living with type 1 diabetes.
Mobile, AL
Mobile, AL
Hi, I have type 1 diabetes. I'm using an insulin pump. If my bg is 200 and I take 4 units of humalog, I'll be at 60 in no time. But if my bg is 400 or so, I will have to take 26 units or so to get it down to the 100s. Why such a huge difference in how much insulin I need? I can never use the sliding scale.
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2003. supporting a spouse with pre-diabetes since 2014.
League City, TX
League City, TX
that's a question I would take to your endocrinologist. she had to make several adjustments over a couple of months to get it right.
Living with type 1 diabetes.
Mobile, AL
Mobile, AL
Thanks! I was once told to use the sliding scale of 1 unit per 50 numbers high, but I've even had dka several times because of using that scale.
I'm a mom supporting a child with type 1 diabetes since 2010.
Colusa, CA
Colusa, CA
The high the Bg the more insulin resistance there is. But defamatory sounds like you may need a better isf and then just knowing when above 300-400 u will expect to need more. Much of it also has to do with time of your basal rates are set correct through out the day, what your eating/doing so many factors
Living with type 1 diabetes.
Mobile, AL
Mobile, AL
Thank you very much, that explains this problem completely. Do you know how common this is? I've had nurses argue that such a dose of insulin is ridiculous, but that's all that works for me.
