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Stop insulin injections

2019-06-28 08:10:06
Hi, my mother was administered with steroids because of which she started showing high sugar levels. she was put on insulin injections. now the steroid dose is reduced and for past 2 days, she is showing normal sugar levels. can i altogether discontinue insulin injection or it need to be done gradually. kindly help.
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It needs to be tampered down gradually based on sugar readings

Answered2019-06-28 08:11:32

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