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About the use of Nov rapid Insulin
by G.GopalOctober 24, 2009 4:21 AM
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Harlen |
Harlen replied October 24, 2009 6:04 PM
You need to ask your Doc.
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kdroberts |
kdroberts replied October 24, 2009 7:13 PM
All insulin will work but there is a big difference between the two you mention and you will have to take that into consideration. Regular is not a very short acting insulin like the novorapid so you will need to adjust doses and timings. It's really a conversation you need to have with your doctor. |
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G.Gopal |
G.Gopal replied October 28, 2009 4:26 AM
I have not received any satisfactory reply for my question.If any doctor is there in this group,kindly clarify my doubt.If i ask my doctor, he says,you continue the insulin,let us see.He is not much revealing about it.As a diabetic patient awareness of the discese is more important.But most of the doctors are not telling any thing,due to pressure of work.Hence if anyone knows about it please inform me about it.
kdroberts replied October 28, 2009 12:59 PM There isn't much more to say really. The insulin you take is a rapid acting insulin that starts working quickly (within minutes), reaches it's peak quickly (usually within an hour) and then is out of your system quickly, usually all done within a few hours or so. The one you want to switch to is not like that. The 'quick' part of the mixtard starts working within an hour and lasts for about 6 hours or so and reaches a gradual peak and the intermediate part takes longer to work and lasts for 12 hours or so. It's a 30% 'rapid' (regular insulin) 70% intermediate (NPH insulin) mix. So, how it works is very different to the one you take now and would require some pretty major changes in how much you use and when you inject.
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I was taking Mixtard Insulin for several years.As my body is Insulin resistant nowadays,Mixtard Insulin is not acting.Hence Doctor adviced me to take Novorapid Insulin,which is 10 times costlier than the ordinary Mixtard Insulin.This is only acting in my body.Hereafterwards whether Mixtard insulin(Normal Insulin) will work or not in my body?