I would like to thank all involved in this. I am in the UK, looping for a few years now and have a new Endo who is trying to push me in to Omnipod 5. I had only seen negativity about it and was worried. This has given me a lot of confidence should I move to Omnipod 5.
My Endo has been wanting me to switch from Dash to Omnipod 5 and this has been very informative. I am an iPhone user with Dexcom G7 which Omnipod 5 is not released the iPhone app even though it has been FDA approved.
Until dual hormone solutions become commercially available, ‘low user effort’ AiD algorithms will have to be conservative to avoid lows, and it’s not going to be something the looping demographic would be very interested. Moreover, ilet is almost completely a ‘black box’, there’s just not that much to talk about!
As far as I remember, Omnipod 5 does not give any SMB and adjusts the basal rate only. If so, doesn't it mean that it can't handle highs as well as LOOP?
Omnipod 5 (O5) does deliver insulin to slow/turn/correct a rise or high blood glucose. It does not rely on carb inputs, so adding carbs w/o bolusing for them is not going to benefit the user as it does with Loop and other carb-centric algorithms. Insulet (and we) recommend bolusing for food and as needed for BG increases, both for the short term (to turn BG around) and for the longer term (to raise TDI so that O5 adapts basal to be stronger), if the user is grappling with highs. In my experience, we would often saw a steady rise, a "mountain top", and a sudden turn down, after repeated "autoboluses" (if you want to use Loop terminology), with a nice landing. Additionally, you do need to bolus for fat and protein to get the best results- just as with Loop. The differenece is that you can give Loop a "heads up" carb entry (and you can pre-enter that), whereas with O5, you just bolus for it when you see the rise starting, or let O5 do it for you (which will result in a high, but with good settings, it will be short-lived).
it would be great if you could do a video about aAps (Android open loop) settings, I can't find any good videos about that.
I would like to thank all involved in this. I am in the UK, looping for a few years now and have a new Endo who is trying to push me in to Omnipod 5. I had only seen negativity about it and was worried. This has given me a lot of confidence should I move to Omnipod 5.
My Endo has been wanting me to switch from Dash to Omnipod 5 and this has been very informative. I am an iPhone user with Dexcom G7 which Omnipod 5 is not released the iPhone app even though it has been FDA approved.
How about a video about the iLet? I’m surprised I’ve heard nothing on that pump from you guys. Thank you. 🙏
There is not much to say about iLet. Feedback from Loopers who have tried iLet has not been very positive for getting results that compare.
Until dual hormone solutions become commercially available, ‘low user effort’ AiD algorithms will have to be conservative to avoid lows, and it’s not going to be something the looping demographic would be very interested. Moreover, ilet is almost completely a ‘black box’, there’s just not that much to talk about!
As far as I remember, Omnipod 5 does not give any SMB and adjusts the basal rate only. If so, doesn't it mean that it can't handle highs as well as LOOP?
Omnipod 5 (O5) does deliver insulin to slow/turn/correct a rise or high blood glucose. It does not rely on carb inputs, so adding carbs w/o bolusing for them is not going to benefit the user as it does with Loop and other carb-centric algorithms. Insulet (and we) recommend bolusing for food and as needed for BG increases, both for the short term (to turn BG around) and for the longer term (to raise TDI so that O5 adapts basal to be stronger), if the user is grappling with highs. In my experience, we would often saw a steady rise, a "mountain top", and a sudden turn down, after repeated "autoboluses" (if you want to use Loop terminology), with a nice landing. Additionally, you do need to bolus for fat and protein to get the best results- just as with Loop. The differenece is that you can give Loop a "heads up" carb entry (and you can pre-enter that), whereas with O5, you just bolus for it when you see the rise starting, or let O5 do it for you (which will result in a high, but with good settings, it will be short-lived).