[Diabetes-talk] 12 hours of Levimeer

[Mike Freeman]

Those cautions are no longer applicable!

Mike Freeman


On Jun 7, 2013, at 13:33, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Kelly Thornbury
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 3:26 PM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> 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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