
to prevent a low glucose. For example:
How much insulin should you take to cover your meal?
Since you see , should you think about taking a little less insulin?
Other considerations
Deciding how much rapid-acting insulin to take for different meals and situations
can be difficult. Work with your health care professional to discuss different
situations and what might work best for you. Here are some questions to consider:
Meal dosing
What do you do if your before meal glucose is high?
What do you do if your before meal glucose is low?
How much time do you wait to eat after taking your meal insulin?
Do you adjust the amount of meal insulin based on the number of carbs or how
much you are planning to eat?
Do you adjust your meal insulin dose for high fat foods such as pizza?
Do you know how to adjust your insulin doses when drinking alcoholic
beverages?
High glucose corrections
Do you take extra insulin if your glucose is high?
How do you decide how much insulin to take for a high glucose?
How long do you wait between insulin doses to avoid insulin stacking?
Bedtime
How often do you check your glucose before bed?
What do you consider a safe bedtime glucose?
What do you do if your bedtime glucose is high?
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