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My mom has a fbs result of 206mg/dl, rbs of 313mg/dl. she kept on asking why is that her sugar levels never went down even with her insulin medication?
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Dose adjustment: People's Insulin requirements vary. Some people respond to very low doses, some people need hundreds of units a day. She needs her doses adjusted.
Answered 6/25/2014
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