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Old 07-09-2009, 01:49 AM
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Lantus linked to cancer????



I am currently on 80 units of Lantus my sister is a physcian and has instructed me to ask my doctor to switch to Levimer I think its spelled? Anyone else with this same concern
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:32 AM
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I am currently on 80 units of Lantus my sister is a physcian and has instructed me to ask my doctor to switch to Levimer I think its spelled? Anyone else with this same concern
Jenny Ruhl writes something about this on her blog at:
http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/s...=lantus+cancer

I, too, am on lantus but I'm not getting too upset...however, I've wanted to try Levimar for a while now so I guess now would be a good time.
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