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04-17-2008, 12:40 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OhiO
Posts: 97
| |  How many of you are on Lantus?
So how many of you are on Lantus?
And how many units do you take?
I'm on it, and I take 52 units at Bed.
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nicole<33
type 1 diabetic since 1-24-99
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04-17-2008, 12:47 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,427
| | | I love Lantus...after a few years of "adjusting"....now I take 24-25 units each morning. I don't like night time doses...do much better with morning dose. |
04-17-2008, 12:54 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OhiO
Posts: 97
| | | yeah, they had me doing it in the morning along with my humalog, but that wasn't helping. I like the night time doses better, and I also LOVE lantus.
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nicole<33
type 1 diabetic since 1-24-99
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04-17-2008, 12:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Florida
Posts: 116
| | | I was on it for 3 months.
40 units in the morning and another 40 at night.
Got off it and now on Janumet pills.
Art
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So far, So good
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04-17-2008, 01:06 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 356
| | I am a Lantus user, can't say I love the stuff, it's neither friend nor foe. It’s more of a fence sitter that keeps changing sides. I am on 9units in the evenings (when I don’t overdose  ).
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A1c 6.1 - 29th of Novemember 2007 
A1c 8.1 - 23rd of May 2007 
Diagnosed 27th of August 2006
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04-17-2008, 01:10 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,040
| | | I have you all beat, I take 97 units at night. I tried splitting it and as it made little difference, decided I didn't like taking that extra shot every day.
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No matter how old they get
Never lose their beauty-
They merely move it from their
Faces into their hearts
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All my forum friends are beautiful
9/25/07 A1C 6.0 
3/20/08 A1C 7.4 
Cholesteral below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
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04-17-2008, 01:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,292
| | Uh, now I'm not sure I belong on here any more.
18 units at 11:30 pm every night. haven't had to up the amount in over 3 years.
So, does 18 units really mean I have Diabetes, or is this just psychosomatic manifestation of an illness? 
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04-17-2008, 01:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 1,607
| | I have been using Lantus for about 5 years now. About 15 units a day, split between morning and before-bed shots. But I also have to inject 8 units of Actrapid (Regular) to help cover higher basal requirements in the morning. The consistency of Lantus is good, but the lack of a peak is a mixed blessing. It means that Lantus is not very flexible and does not handle variation in the basal profile very well.
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In my humble opinion  
Type1 since 1977
MDI using Lantus, Protophane, Novorapid and Actrapid
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04-17-2008, 01:31 PM
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Posts: 6
| | | ive gone from taking 32 units at night to 28 to 9 to 10 to 11 and now im doing 12. Im weird.. |
04-17-2008, 01:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,421
| | | I've been taking it for about 3 years. I take 14 units in the AM and 6 units in the pm. Weird, but effective.
And to say that I have a love/hate relationship with it would be putting it mildly.
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~Holly~
Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
MDI
Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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04-17-2008, 02:37 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 664
| | I've BEEN on it, and it worked well enough, but was some stinging son of a gun and **** pen (back then). Switched to Levemir and loving it! The Novopen 4 is brilliant
I take 48-50 units of Levemir in the PM when on MDI... Now i'm currently back to pumping 
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen |
04-17-2008, 02:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New York
Posts: 12
| | | Hm.. I take lantus, but only 8 units at bedtime. I was diagnosed only a month ago and am probably still honeymooning. Probably why its so low.
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Jules
Dx as Type 1: March 7, 2008 (A1C 13.5%)
April 2008: A1C 8.0%
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04-17-2008, 03:08 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France
Posts: 610
| | | Until last week, when I started pumping. I took 15 units in the evening. I think I may very well still have some insulin of my own left. |
04-17-2008, 04:17 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
Posts: 976
| | | I'm taking 33u of Lantus at night (and Humalog before meals).
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Diet (carb aware) and Daily Exercise (walking and working horses)
Metformin, Lantus at Night, Humalog Before Meals, and OneTouch Ultra 2 Meters |
04-17-2008, 05:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paris, Ontario
Posts: 48
| | | I've used Lantus for almost 4 years and it has greatly reduced hypos for me. It took me a while to realize that it was only covering me for 18-20 hours and consequently I have had to split my doses to 26 U in the morning and 22 in the evening about 12 hours apart. After fine tuning the doses I have had great consistent results from it.
Pat
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Type 1 Diagnosed November 1981 at 29 years old
Lantus - split dose
Clinical Trial with Technosphere Insulin until July 2008
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