On my diagnosis and my treatment ... as I put in my signature I am diabetic type 1 (there are no doubt here, I am also diagnosed).
Type 1 diabetics have total insulin dependence from the first moment that they are diagnosed.
The treatments prescribed for type 1 diabetes are:
Over the years, type 2 diabetics usually end up having total insulin dependence and are prescribed these same treatments.
I have always been to the treatment of multiple insulin injections (with different insulins over the years but always with multiple injections).
Current treatments with multiple insulin injections are also called bolus-base treatments (or basal-bolus, both ride, ride so much): an insulin is used to cover the basal and another to cover food bowling:



The three graphics show more or less the same, the basal is the bottom of those graphics and the food bowling are the peaks that occur at meals (breakfast/food/dinner).
To cover the basal one of these two is usually used:
(Insulina Glargina).
or (Insulin determine).
To cover food bowling, one of these three is usually used:
(Glulisin insulin).
or (Insulina aspart).
or (Insulina Lispro).
Being able to give different combinations (Lantus+Apidra or Lantus+Novorapid or Lantus+Humalog or Levemir+Apidra or Levemir+Novorapid or Levemir+Humalog) but always one to cover the basal and another to cover the bowling.
Although you can give any of these combinations, Lantus is usually paired with Apidra and Levemir with Novorapid (I imagine that because they belong to the same laboratory and thus if a warehouse arrives Lantus that is from Sanofi Aventis I suppose that it will be easy that there are other health productsAventis as is the case of Apidra and in the case of Levemir and Novorapid the same because both are from Novo Nordisk, but come on ... that this is a my conjecture, it can be for other reasons ...).
As I put in my firm I am with Lantus+Apidra: 1 puncture a day of Lantus and 3 punctures a day of Apidra (one at each meal) but there are also people with Lantus+Apidra who puts one more puncture of Apidra PQ apart fromThose 3 puts another to snack.
I am not very in favor of giving concrete doses and schedules because insulin needs vary from one individual to another and because what is also going to a diabetic does not have other diabetics to go to other diabetics ... let's say I put on thedose that I need (and so I do not catch my fingers 8)) what I can tell you is that I put it every day at night but I repeat that that is what is going to do better, it may be that to anotherPeople do better at noon or in the morning.