types of insulin thats the best?

[andysweet]

I am a new type 1 diabetic i am on novo mix 30 twice a day, and was wondering if the insulin before meals was a better treatment?

[amom2go2004]

Insulin Pump helps with this much more than injections for me.

[Super_sally888]

hello,

mixed insulin is a mixture of long and short acting insulin.  You must eat on a fixed schedule and fixed amount of carbs, protein and fat, with mixed insulins.  If you do not eat on time you will go low. Basically you have to eat to match the insulin.

A more modern approach is to take the short and long acting insulins separately.  The long acting insulin is taken once or twice a day depending on the type of insulin.  This is called basal insulin and keeps your blood sugar stable even when you don't eat.  Then you dose bolus (fast acting) insulin just before you eat.  With the amount of insulin dosed depending on h ow much carbs and protein you eat.  If you don't eat you don't dose this insulin.  You can also vary the dose depending on what you are eating.  For basal bolus, you match the insulin to what you eat.

I highly recommend you look at using a basal-bolus regime.  It should give much better control.

When I was first diagnosed with diabetes I was on basal-bolus.  I had one very serious low. I hated it as there was no flexibility in eating. I then changed to basal-bolus and not only did I have much better control and excellent flexibility, I no longer have any serious lows.