- A patient with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes is going to be started on insulin at 0.6 units/kg/day. The patient is 5'6" and weighs 154 pounds. The physician wants to use a basal-bolus strategy with Levemir and NovoLog. What would be the recommended starting doses using Levemir and NovoLog?
- A patient injects himself with regular human insulin. He currently injects 5 units with breakfast, 7 units with lunch, and 11 units with dinner. He is going to be switched to insulin glulisine. How much glulisine will he inject with his dinner? Answer must be numeric; no units or commas; round the final answer to the nearest WHOLE number.