[Hammer]

Notme.....I'm using the Lantus Solostar pen. There are five pens in a box, and I'm into my second box. I wouldn't think that there would be a problem with the insulin in different pens. I got these pens from my pharmacy. Keep in mind that this increase from 34 to 70 has taken some time, since I increase the Lantus by 2 units if my BG numbers remain the same after a few days of the same dose.

My doctor started me out with 8 units of Lantus. He told me this was a very small dose, and that I'd most likely need to increase it. After using 8 units for a few days, I called the doctor's office and told them my readings and I asked them if I should increase it by 2 units. They said that a 2 unit increase was fine. I called them a few weeks later and told them that I had been increasing it by 2 units if my numbers were still too high and they said that was okay. I've been increasing the dose by 2 units and I've reached 70 units so far so I figured I was okay to keep increasing the dose since I was still too high.(I haven't gone hypo or even come close to going hypo, so I figured I was doing the right thing). Anyway, I called the doctor's office just now and they'll get back to me tomorrow to let me know what to do.(the doctor will be in tomorrow.)

xMenace....I had asked about this before. By taking insulin, does my body produce less on it's own. You're saying that it does, so what I'm wondering is, if I keep increasing the dose, will it eventually lower my numbers, or will increasing the dose just cause my body to resist it more?

Rich....I'm taking Byetta to reduce the spikes that occur after meals. It works to some degree, but I might need to go to the 10mcg pen. Right now I'm using the 5mcg pen so I might need to switch.