Novolog vs Apidra

Treatment Insulin
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No harm getting some just to test out.

I too had read that Apidra worked faster. I thought there was no harm trying it out since Novolog/Novorapid took up to 2 hours before having any effect on my BG.

I asked to try out Apidra and got the same answer from various people on my diabetes team : that in their experience, Apidra isn’t any faster.

I persevered, made a nuisance of myself, and basically just to shut me up they gave me some to try out.

And guess what? For me, it really does work faster. On a good day, I can see a difference within 10 minutes of injecting. So yes, for me, quicker peak and shorter tail with Apidra. Less stacking - with Novolog, I could sometimes have crippling hypos from insulin cycling. However, I think I need slightly more Apidra per unit of carb than with Novolog.

So that’s been my experience. It might be different for you. But there is no harm getting a sample to see. Good luck!

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I absolutely agree!

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I suspect that this table has humalog and novolog invberted. Personal experience and all other data I have read shows Novolog Shorter acting than Novolog. I confirmed a change in DIA time of 5 to 3.5 hrs with a dexcom CGM when I switched from Humalog to Novolof. Also Novolog handles heat much better and is rated 6 days in a pump vs 2 days for humalog. I returned 40 vials of Humalog to Lilly after findng that it degraded at 40 hours in my pump and was no longer effective.