# Treatment **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-tips-tech-gear/treatment/68.md?page=3 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [How do you treat a low at night?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-treat-a-low-at-night/3706)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-treat-a-low-at-night/3706 "2018-03-16T11:55:16Z")
Normally for a nighttime low, I give 1/2 cup Apple Juice (14 carbs) and put an 85% temp basal (15% reduction). My thought being the juice will bump the low back up to a better number and the temp basal will prevent a sub… --- ## [Peaking after salads](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/peaking-after-salads/3069)
**Author:** [@Pates](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pates)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/peaking-after-salads/3069 "2018-03-02T20:15:13Z")
I have noticed I have trouble any time I eat salad. I think I’m choosing something healthy, and even if it includes some carbs like tortilla chips or croutons, and I take a normal dose of about 7-8 units novolog, my bloo… --- ## [For MDIers, What Is Your Prefered Basal Insulin And Why?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-mdiers-what-is-your-prefered-basal-insulin-and-why/3269)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/for-mdiers-what-is-your-prefered-basal-insulin-and-why/3269 "2018-01-18T19:48:21Z")
i’ve become very curious about basal insulins for those of you that do not use a pump (for whatever reasons). i am asking b/c i want to figure out a saftey/back-up plan should my pump go on the fritz. i only use Novolog … --- ## [Tresiba side effects](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tresiba-side-effects/3138)
**Author:** [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/tresiba-side-effects/3138 "2018-01-09T15:47:21Z")
I’m curious if anyone here has had any side effects from Tresiba? Or, heck, any other insulin? I certainly haven’t in the past, though I have had side effects to other medications. For several weeks now I’ve had a heada… --- ## [How Do You Think Having a Pet Has Enhanced Your Life, especially as a D?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-think-having-a-pet-has-enhanced-your-life-especially-as-a-d/3010)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-do-you-think-having-a-pet-has-enhanced-your-life-especially-as-a-d/3010 "2018-01-03T18:01:47Z")
I have a cat. his name is Oscar Wilde. he just turned 3. he is a Champagne Burmese and has a moderate to loud talking voice which he uses throughout the day. he lets his needs be known; different tone of voice for his di… --- ## [Eggnog... to treat lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eggnog-to-treat-lows/3041)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eggnog-to-treat-lows/3041 "2018-01-01T20:22:39Z")
Still working through the eggnog before it is no longer available in the stores! --- ## [How Many Carbs Do You Take to Correct Lows?/ how long do you wait for result?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-many-carbs-do-you-take-to-correct-lows-how-long-do-you-wait-for-result/2909)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-many-carbs-do-you-take-to-correct-lows-how-long-do-you-wait-for-result/2909 "2018-01-01T20:11:02Z")
AS many of you know, i like to use Glucose tablets to treat my lows. even though they are considered “fast acting” i have never found this to be very true. sometimes i will notice that my Bgs may come up within a half ho… --- ## [Diabetes and dental care: why Philips Sonicare vs Braun OralB?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-and-dental-care-why-philips-sonicare-vs-braun-oralb/251)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/diabetes-and-dental-care-why-philips-sonicare-vs-braun-oralb/251 "2017-12-29T21:58:06Z")
@docslotnick, why do you (and other diabetic dentists) recommend Philips Sonicare vs Braun OralB, which appears to an outsider to be quite similar? --- ## [Technique for using an opened penfill in an insulin pen?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/technique-for-using-an-opened-penfill-in-an-insulin-pen/2978)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/technique-for-using-an-opened-penfill-in-an-insulin-pen/2978 "2017-12-27T03:21:27Z")
I wonder if anyone has evolved a solid technique for installing and reliably using an already partially used penfill into an insulin pen? The only way we have found so far is to install the penfill as usual, then keep o… --- ## [InPen launch next month](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inpen-launch-next-month/2730)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inpen-launch-next-month/2730 "2017-12-04T06:31:51Z")
I got an email today from the national sales director for Companion Medical, makers of the InPen insulin pen. \[image\] They are planning to launch InPen next month. Seems like a very useful thing for peeps doing MDI… --- ## [Afrezza fails and recoveries](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-fails-and-recoveries/2605)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/afrezza-fails-and-recoveries/2605 "2017-12-04T01:43:35Z")
Here’s an example for me… I ate a small salad and an 8" tortilla with a small amount of rice and corn. The first square dot is my first dose of afrezza… it kept me perfectly level for an hour and a half and then wore of… --- ## [Honey in the soap and fingersticks](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honey-in-the-soap-and-fingersticks/2598)
**Author:** [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/honey-in-the-soap-and-fingersticks/2598 "2017-11-23T05:50:16Z")
--- ## [Treating night time lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523)
**Author:** [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/treating-night-time-lows/2523 "2017-11-01T15:06:49Z")
The last bad low did get frustrating after 4 hours, 80 carbs and at 3AM in the morning. lol However the upshot was my T1 told me that next time, just do a mini-glucagon (15 u) if the first attempt at a nighttime low d… --- ## [FUD emergency stash and natural catastrophy network?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fud-emergency-stash-and-natural-catastrophy-network/2350)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fud-emergency-stash-and-natural-catastrophy-network/2350 "2017-10-25T03:17:33Z")
--- ## [Active management of basal insulin to prevent lows](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/active-management-of-basal-insulin-to-prevent-lows/2265)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/active-management-of-basal-insulin-to-prevent-lows/2265 "2017-10-06T03:37:58Z")
For the past couple of weeks, I have been experimenting and playing very actively with temp basals to prevent lows. Some of my motivation is that my son has gained quite a lot of weight lately – he is still very thin but… --- ## [Glucagon - Poll](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucagon-poll/2238)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/glucagon-poll/2238 "2017-10-06T01:05:40Z")
I wanted to get an idea of how many people have used glucagon. It can be either having given it to yourself, or someone given it to you if you were not able. On your answer, if you are a parent or caregiver, it is of c… --- ## [Speeding insulin activation: IM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/speeding-insulin-activation-im/1576)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/speeding-insulin-activation-im/1576 "2017-10-03T01:40:30Z")
For those who take intravenous or intramuscular insulin to speed up the time to reach peak activity, do you keep an inventory of longer needles? I was hoping to not to and just use my regular needles or pen tips. Schei… --- ## [Study: eating carbs last reduces spike](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-eating-carbs-last-reduces-spike/2236)
**Author:** [@lh378](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/lh378)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/study-eating-carbs-last-reduces-spike/2236 "2017-10-02T21:14:42Z")
--- ## [Less pain when changing pump site](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221 "2017-10-01T20:41:13Z")
--- ## [What do you feel when you drop fast from a high?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-feel-when-you-drop-fast-from-a-high/2165)
**Author:** [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-do-you-feel-when-you-drop-fast-from-a-high/2165 "2017-09-27T15:30:10Z")
My BG has dropped to 120 \[from 200\] - I didn’t expect that. Now I have a headache, perhaps as a result of that big drop. Do you ever experience that or other symptoms when your BG is dropping? --- ## [Measuring carb corrections in drinks without measuring](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/measuring-carb-corrections-in-drinks-without-measuring/2142 "2017-09-26T16:34:54Z")
There is a fairly easy way to estimate a specific number of carbs from any drink, without measuring. There are a lot of instances when you may not be able to measure out a specific number of ounces in a drink. Anytime y… --- ## [Dawn Phenomena](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dawn-phenomena/2147)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dawn-phenomena/2147 "2017-09-26T14:50:11Z")
I read about diabetics having Dawn phenomena, where their Bg spikes in the morning for no apparent reason. I generally have the opposite dawn effect. When I wake up and start moving around my Bg goes down. Like this mor… --- ## [A possible answer to occasional hypersensitivity to carbs?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-possible-answer-to-occasional-hypersensitivity-to-carbs/2105)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-possible-answer-to-occasional-hypersensitivity-to-carbs/2105 "2017-09-24T02:23:10Z")
Several of us have reported, in the past, occasional episodes of hypersensitivity to carbs. For us, when we are low, occasionally (rarely) we get a 20:1 mg/dl.g ratio in BG variation per carb ingested rather than our sta… --- ## [A rookie's questions for pen users - am I doing this right?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-rookies-questions-for-pen-users-am-i-doing-this-right/1871)
**Author:** [@Annette13](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Annette13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/a-rookies-questions-for-pen-users-am-i-doing-this-right/1871 "2017-09-12T17:00:19Z")
I use a Levimir pen for my basal with the shortest needles (4mm, I think). I am still new at this and figuring things out. My D-nurse told me if I bruise at the injection site it indicates that I am pressing too hard… --- ## [When to keep or throw diabetes equipment](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-to-keep-or-throw-diabetes-equipment/1730)
**Author:** [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-to-keep-or-throw-diabetes-equipment/1730 "2017-08-28T06:14:53Z")
As far as having a CGM goes, there are really nice things about being able to track BG. EH’s BG control is greatly improved while using the Dexcom G4, as many folks here report for their versions of CGM’s. I think we a… --- ## [Basal in the absence of food](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-in-the-absence-of-food/1719)
**Author:** [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/basal-in-the-absence-of-food/1719 "2017-08-25T21:29:41Z")
Interested in what your thoughts are on basal. What should it do in the absence of food? --- ## [Sometimes acting on Dexcom data really needs a fingerprick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sometimes-acting-on-dexcom-data-really-needs-a-fingerprick/1147)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sometimes-acting-on-dexcom-data-really-needs-a-fingerprick/1147 "2017-06-05T23:19:29Z")
We have acted upon Dexcom data many times directly without a fingerprick. My son did it again yesterday, but this time it was a mistake: he should have tested manually first. Here is why. \[image\] He injected insulin … --- ## [Can you treat lows with a sweet cocktail?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-treat-lows-with-a-sweet-cocktail/1072)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/can-you-treat-lows-with-a-sweet-cocktail/1072 "2017-05-31T04:07:38Z")
I am surprised this works. What proportions do you use? --- ## [Mini-glucagon](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mini-glucagon/1023)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mini-glucagon/1023 "2017-05-23T23:15:17Z")
A recent trial shows that dasiglucagon, a glucagon analogue developed by Zealand Pharmaceuticals, is effective and stable when used as mini-gluc https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/05/23/994953/0/en/Positive-Pha… --- ## [AdvFunctionalMedicine clinics: what do you think?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/advfunctionalmedicine-clinics-what-do-you-think/1002)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/advfunctionalmedicine-clinics-what-do-you-think/1002 "2017-05-22T20:08:42Z")
I just ran into this website: http://www.advfunctionalmedicine.com/diabetes-info. They decided to follow us on twitter. The first line of their twitter profile is: The #DiabetesReversal experts! This makes me somewhat… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-tips-tech-gear/treatment/68.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-tips-tech-gear/treatment/68.md?page=4)