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Originally Posted by viranth 
The doctors at the hospital said that insulatard was fine for me, I asked them about the other types, and they said they could be used if I had problems keeping the blood sugar steady. But since it doesn't seem like I have any problems atm, I didn't need it right now. I'll ask them again when I get back on monday (home for the weekend).
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Your doctors' statements makes me really suspicious - are they specialists in treating T1 diabetics? The standard joke was that NPH stood for
Not
Particularly
Helpful.
Many of us used Insulatard for years but like xMenace says it is peaky and the modern alternatives (Lantus or Levemir) are much much better. I use Lantus, and I can go to bed with a BG of around 6, confident that if I test at 3 am it will be between 5 and 6 and if I test at 6 am it will still be between 5 and 6! With Insulatard I always had to have a bedtime snack - even then I would often go low or wake up high!
I think you will find life so much easier with a better long-acting insulin.
Please talk to your doctors again
There are some other threads on the board discussing NPH, you might want to check them out.
Joel
