Example #1 Carbohydrate coverage at a meal First, you have to calculate the carbohydrate coverage insulin dose using this formula CHO insulin dose = Total grams of CHO in the meal ÷ grams of CHO disposed by 1 unit of insulin (the grams of CHO disposed of by 1 unit of insulin is the bottom number or denominator of the InsulinCHO ratio)1 1 A30 NL 3690 AMP 2 HUMALOG 3 INSULIN LISPRO INJECTION 4 (rDNA ORIGIN) 5 100 UNITS PER ML (U100) 6 DESCRIPTION 7 Humalog (insulin lispro, rDNA origin) is a human insulin analog that is a rapidacting, 8 parenteral blood glucoselowering agent Chemically, it is Lys(B28), Pro(B29) human insulin 9 analog, created when the amino acids at positions 28 and 29 on the insulinU500 is 5 times more concentrated than U100 insulin This means that every 1 unit of U500 is the same as 5 units of your usual insulin This makes it a more powerful medicine → It also means that you need to be careful about giving yourself the right amount of U500 If you are using a regular insulin syringe like the kind used for U100
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