Action Profile of Tresiba at Lower Doses?

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@Katers87

I generally don’t notice a dose change of 1 unit until 1.5-2 days after I’ve changed it. My doctor has suggested that I switch back to Lantus or try Levemir so that I can handle exercise and monthly hormone variations more easily. I’m trying out a couple of other things first, but if those don’t work, then I will switch at my next appointment.

If I could take Levemir (allergic), I would likely switch to it for this reason. I think it’s probably superior for anyone on MDI with changing basal needs to Tresiba. However, my only other option is Lantus, and Lantus sucks in my experience (inconsistent action day to day, split-dosing helps but doesn’t entirely fix its 20 hour duration issue, etc), so for now anyway, I’d rather deal with some difficulty adjusting my basal. If I had more frequent and more intense variation (say if my activity levels very regularly varied day to day), I’d probably need to either go back to Lantus or a pump to manage though.