Much Better Results With Levemir !!!!

[Danny31]

Hey again everyone. I got taken off Lantus, and I was put on Levemir 3 days ago, and what a difference. My blood sugars in the morning for the last 3 days have been between 5-9. My lunch sugars have been between 5-9, and my before dinner sugars have also been between 5-9. I am still having a bit of trouble with the after dinner highs though. The last 3 nights when I do a test at 8 PM, the blood sugar is around 15 or so, but I am going to try and fine tune the insulin doses a bit more. My doses of Levemir so far are 25 units at 8 AM, and 35 units at 8 PM. I just wanted to post back and share my success on the change thus far. It is nice to not have sky high sugars of 18 or higher non stop now, as well as sudden lows at various times in the day. I may try cutting down my carbs by half for dinner tonight and seeing if I can get that 8 PM test down.

[BlueSky]

It's good to hear that the switch has worked for you. Not responding to Lantus must have been very distressing. But on the upside, you probably learnt lot from the experience. Getting this sense of control is great Xmas present! :smile:

[Danny31]

My doctor was very surprised. He said that I am only the second patient he has had thus far who has been unable to respond well to Lantus. No matter what dose I took, it was like I was injecting water. It did absolutely nothing.