Long acting insulin - Lantus, Levemir, Abasaglar, Tresiba & Toujeo

If you're taking long acting insulin and want to know how they work then watch this video. Here I explain everything you need to know about long acting insulin to help you further understand your diabetes care.
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[@tjgreen6204]

Very helpful explanation of the different long acting insulins. I never knew about several you mentioned. Thanks!

[@sumanbhatnagar3324]

Very useful information you have provided here many thanks ❤

[@sharmugamsupaya3121]

Thanks 👍 for sharing your knowledge and have a pleasant day may God 🙏 god bless you sir

[@mattydfromsandiego2356]

Fantastic video. I just broke my insulin pump and jumping on MDI using long acting first time long time, so wanted to review a few things and this video is fantastic. Thank you so much.

[@kamalvyas9388]

Thank you for this. I would advocate anyone on insulin should be on a continuous glucose monitor.

[@emilirebeca2323]

This is really helpful 💕💉

[@kimrall7350]

thank you, thank you, thank you. So much information that my doctor didn't know or bother to inform me of. What is the typical curve with Lantus? Is there a place to find such information? Was told to take it at night before bed but have been getting low alerts starting at 2:30 or 3am - sometimes 2 or 3 a night, and still having a rising trend during the day especially a few hours before the next dose.

[@diabetesdietguy]

Hi Kim There’s a slight peak on lantus (get a little bit more released in first few hours compared to latter few hours However, might just be you have too much lantus for night time This is quite normal The lantus dose gets increase because glucose levels go high in the day and then when there’s no food, they crash over night. Normally this is ok because you’re high before bed I.e. dropping from 15 to 5 isn’t so bad. But what happens then if you go to bed at 8! You’re gona hypo So if this is your pattern, then it means a new insulin regimen might be in order or at least a consultation with the diabetes team 👍

[@kimrall7350]

@@diabetesdietguy Thank you for such your quick response. Before consulting with my endocrinologist, I'd like to ask her if splitting the Lantus dose in half 12 hours apart, or if injecting the full dose in the morning would be options, I don't want to ask useless questions with the minimal time I have with her. I'm very new to this as I was diagnosed on Nov 20, 2023, and at 64 years old. C-Peptide was very, very low so I can't make enough insulin, Dr. qualified me as Type 1. Watching Carb counting #2 right now, taking more notes then when in school.

[@shifanamol4462]

Tags dr

[@iamlouiseluis7878]

I work at night. Should i take my long acting in the morning since im sleeping in the morning?

[@diabetesdietguy]

Whatever works best for you Louise. So long as it’s about the same time every day. If you’re alseep it sounds like the evening might be a better time to take it as you’re awake? Then you can have an undisturbed sleep? Or take it in the morning when you get home before going to sleep. There’s no optimal time really. If you need to move the dose speak to your diabetes team however one easy way to do this it is to take it 2 hrs earlier each day until you arrive at the desired time. But make sure you get some advice on this first if you’re not confident. 👌🏻

[@iamlouiseluis7878]

@@diabetesdietguy thank you so much

[@iamlouiseluis7878]

Another question, im so sorry. I take my fast acting insulin at 7 before breakfast. So what time should i take the long acting?

[@diabetesdietguy]

@@iamlouiseluis7878you can take them together if you want. Long acting doesn’t affect food. They’re both insulin but they have different jobs so they can be taken back to back

[@iamlouiseluis7878]

@@diabetesdietguy thank you

[@stevee8698]

"You GIRLS" would never be the common phrase to address a mixed gender group because men would object so profusely. Therefore it is sexist and demeaning to force a phrase of "You GUYS" upon women. This simply must STOP to give them respect.

[@diabetesdietguy]

Take ya point thanks Steve Guys isn’t meant in a way of men it’s meant in a way of ‘you all’ If I said fellas or chaps or brothers or geezers I’d associate that more with men Guys is more like ‘come on then guys (everyone) hands in, go team’. Pretty colloquial term where I’m from Steve and in all honestly when you’re filming a video in one take you have to sometimes just go with what you filmed as I don’t have time to keep repeating the video for every slip of the tongue unfortunately as I do this in my spare time around a full time job pretty much for free. However, admittedly, guys isn’t a term I’d have thought about due to how it’s typically used or the meaning behind it. So I’ll consider that in future. So I do take ya point 👍