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changing to toujeo

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Toujeo is 3x stronger than lantus.I can't get my head around the fact that this means I take the dose as marked on the pen by my nurse and it just means I will take the same dose as Lantus just not as much in volume. Is this correct?
 
Soonia said:
Toujeo is 3x stronger than lantus.I can't get my head around the fact that this means I take the dose as marked on the pen by my nurse and it just means I will take the same dose as Lantus just not as much in volume. Is this correct?
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Yes, that's correct. Toujeo has it's own pen, with its own markings, as I understand it, and one unit delivers the same amount of insulin as one unit of Lantus, just dissolved/diluted in less liquid.
 
Yes they have to be very careful in hospitals about this sort of thing - where nurses may be less familiar with insulins.

Most insulin is u100 (which means that 1ml is equivalent to 100 insulin units), but 'stronger' u200 and u300 types are available and they all need their own specially calibrated injection devices. For people taking larger doses the absorption can be much improved I think?
 
I've been on Toujeo and when you click the pen you will notice that 1 unit is a smaller quantity than Lantus, if that makes sense!
 
Yup. It’s more concentrated so less volume is injected. The reason it exists is because the patent on Lantus was running out, so they produced a more concentrated version, patented that, and would now like everyone to use that. There is not the slightest medical benefit.
 
Thank you all for the best wishes and reassurances .Have started on Toujeo this morning.I was told by my health team that the reasons for change was to reduce the amount of hypos I was having on the Lantus because the action of Toujeo is longer and smoother.Having a lot of hypos damages heart and brain overtime according to my nurse when I rang expressing doubts and fears.Although she couldn't force me to change I felt I had little choice.Nevermind it's done now.
 
Hope the switch works well for you. And if not, or you just don't get on with it, there are lots of other things you can try to reduce your exposure to hypoglycaemia.

Might be a good idea to try to keep notes of how things go over the next few weeks/months so that you can discuss it with your clinic?
 
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