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Will Taking Insulin Cause Increased Weight?

My dad is Diabetic and has recently started using insulin. His MD gave him no instructions other than take 8-12 units novolog according to how you eat and to just carry around a tube of frosting because you are sure to crash at sometime. Anyways- I am a nurse and work on a medical floor in the hospital and we give DM teaching all the time. I was trying to find a sliding scale insulin chart online to better help him. He has been very shaky, confused, irritable... etc and I think has been getting too much insulin. We have been monitoring it for a few days and I have told him to only take 2 units if its over 140-180 and 4 units 181-200. The highest his blood sugar has been was 206. He has also gained a lot of weight. Would it be true that if he was taking to much insulin that he would because he would eat more?
Tue, 22 Apr 2014
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Dear sir i understand your concern,in my opinion insulin always supports growth.so insulin will make you to put on some weight,but by doing daily exersise and maintaining good diet you can always keep your weight in control.
I suppose I have given the desired response if you have any other query please write back.
Otherwise please accept & rate my answer. I will appreciate your review about my answer.
Best Regards.
Dr Vamsi Krishna
Consultant Diabetologist
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Will Taking Insulin Cause Increased Weight?

Dear sir i understand your concern,in my opinion insulin always supports growth.so insulin will make you to put on some weight,but by doing daily exersise and maintaining good diet you can always keep your weight in control. I suppose I have given the desired response if you have any other query please write back. Otherwise please accept & rate my answer. I will appreciate your review about my answer. Best Regards. Dr Vamsi Krishna Consultant Diabetologist