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Thread: What would be your ideal unit increments for your fast acting pen?

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04-19-2008, 10:25 AM

Funnygrl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary_W

who amongst that group would ever whack in more that 15u of rapid in one go anyway?

You'd be surprised. I've heard of people complaining about the 25 unit max bolus on the Paradigm. I'd say 13 units at a time is my max I've ever done.

My ratio is 1:10 at dinner (ie, 150 grams for a 15 unit dose), however, 1 unit drops me by 70 so I'd appreciate fine correction ability.