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[quote=Hammer;327238]
I wondered about this also, so I've compared my morning reading (which has a little Dawn Phenomenon in it) and my before bed reading (which is after 6-8 hours of fasting), and the before dinner reading which was after 5 hours of fasting, and they are all similar....maybe 2 or 3 numbers different. There are many times when I'll go 4 hours between meals, and my before readings are always within a few points of my bedtime or first morning numbers. I took that to mean that the Lantus was keeping things at a constant level.[/QUOTE/]

Lantus is *not* perfectly level. It's peaks are significantly less than others like NPH or Ultralente, but it does have peaks. I knew it from my own experience, but my doc said it to me on his own. It's a boast of the maker.


[quote=Hammer;327238]No, actually I haven't. When I call his office, I talk to his nurse. She said, " Dr. XXXX recommends that you only test 3 times a day, since you're on Lantus." From that, I got the impression that she was acting on the doctor's instructions. I'll bring it up on my next visit. [/QUOTE/]

I wouldn't wait until your next visit. I would call the doc's office back. I always make friends with my docs' receptionists/nurses, sympathize with the pressure they're always under w/all the insurance paperwork or whatever's bugging them at the moment. So I'd say to the nurse, look, I appreciate that there are some studies that may show these things--and we know how hard it is to keep up with *so many* conflicting studies all the time--but especially since you've been changing meds, and since diabetes has so many varied complications, you've heard so much about how important it is to keep tight control, you just want to be extra careful and learn absolutely everything you can so you won't have to bug the doc w/lots of questions about what to do when you don't feel well ... etc. etc. etc.

It's no skin off his back to prescribe the strips you want, and if he doesn't, it's time to find someone who will.