[Diabetes-talk] 12 hours of Levimeer

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Wow, I was on Lantis about ten years ago, and while I never experienced
anything bad with Lantis, I was never told it was temp sensitive or had
to be shaken up. At the time, I had a meter that was also a syringe, so
I carried it around all the time. Actually, now that I think about it,
the syringe held Novolog for my boluses, but still, I was never told
these things about Lantis.

Bridgit

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Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 3:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] 12 hours of Levimeer


Joy, 

Levimeer only has a 12 hour effective range, if your doctor tried you on
it and didn't explain this difference I would be concerned. I also tried
split-dosing the lantis, (which has a 24 hour effective range), and you
have to take great care to make sure you take those doses twelve hours
apart at the same time every day. Taking a dose too soon, or inside that
twelve hour period, puts you at risk of overlapping dosages and
essentially having too much insulin in your system. 

When lantis first came out, so many doctors were pushing it as "the next
best thing," (thank you drug reps), while it was not nearly as stable or
"user friendly" as other medications. You weren't supposed to carry the
vial around with you because it was so temperature sensitive; you were
supposed to shake it up but "not vigorously" as it was fragile; you were
not supposed to mix it with, or inject it too close, to other insulins,
and (although I thing this has been resolved) you couldn't get it in an
injector pen application. It's biggest advantage was that it was
designed as a "once-a-day" injection. 

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