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Levemir vs Lantus?

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My consultant has suggested that I switch to Levemir as I'm struggling with Lantus at the moment esp. with my fasting BGs. I used to take 7u of Lantus in the morning and 11u before bed. She suggested that I do the same with Levemir and she said that its a more flexible insulin and should help solve the problem.
Has anyone switched from Lantus to Levemir ?

Any comments / thoughts / feedback greatly appreciated !
thanks 🙂
 
Cleo said:
My consultant has suggested that I switch to Levemir as I'm struggling with Lantus at the moment esp. with my fasting BGs. I used to take 7u of Lantus in the morning and 11u before bed. She suggested that I do the same with Levemir and she said that its a more flexible insulin and should help solve the problem.
Has anyone switched from Lantus to Levemir ?

Any comments / thoughts / feedback greatly appreciated !
thanks 🙂
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I did the reverse and switched from Levemir to Lantus as apparently Lantus was supposed to be better but it hasn't worked out that way and I actually preferred the Levemir. Basically I would say go it, I'm considering switching back.
 
No, but I nearly did before going on a pump.

As with all things I guess it's quite individual what people prefer. From what I have seen of other's experiences Levemir tends to work best in 2 injections approx (but not necessarily) 12 hours apart. These can either be similar in size or vastly different.

Levemir also seems to differ from Lantus in that for many people changes in dose are effective almost immediately rather than suffering the 'Lantus lag' of having to wait 2-3 days for the new dose to settle.

Some people who suffer with lantus's 'sting' reputation also seem to prefer Lev as it is not acidic in formulation.

Having said that there are some (eg DeusXM I think) for whom Lev just did not work at all!

Just give it a go for 6 months maybe... do plenty of fasting basal testing and see if you can get it to work well for you I guess. 🙂
 
We were going to make the switch but then he luckily got his pump. Reasons for switching to Levemir were to achieve a smoother basal profile by splitting into 2 levemir injections and being able to deliver it in half units (not possible with the pens available for Lantus at the time). Also the Lantus would sting him when injected - he hated that injection! Also, there was a lot online at the time about Lantus being carcinogenic. So we have levemir on his repeat prescription as a back-up long-acting insulin in case of pump failure.
 
I too was going to switch but got the pump

I've heard that levemir is better when it comes to tweaks as lantus takes 2-3 days to bed in
 
I switched to Levemir from Lantus years ago, shortly after Levemir came on the market and I've never looked back. It's so much easier to tweak if your basal rate changes, which mine does every few months. Of course you do need to split it, but you're splitting Lantus anyway. Go for it!
 
Yes yes yes! - best thing I ever did (pre pump LOL) swapping from Lan to Lev !
 
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