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Bad Reaction to Levimir

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pinkjinks58

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Hi guys

The hospital have recently swapped me from Lantus (once a day) to Levimir (split twice a day) and my sugar levels have been really really good, my mood's better and I feel more relaxed as I'm not stressing about high/low sugar levels.

I only swapped a week ago but keep on getting red lumps where I've injected, about an inch or so in diameter, I thought that it may have been me injecting in a bad spot at first, but I keep on getting them, they're quite tender as well, but go down after 24 hours or so.

I have spoke to my diabetic nurse this morning and she said that it may be a "local reaction" to the levimir and that they might have to swap me back to lantus - not the answer I wanted to hear really! :(

Has anyone else suffered from this problem and have you found a way around it??

Thanks :)
 
HI Pinkjinks
Unfortunately reactions to analogue insulins are more common than with any other insulin type. If you can't tolerate Lantus or Levemir there are there are other insulins available.
I had problems on Lantus and changed to Porcine insulin nearly 3 years ago, with great results health and BG wise. Synthetic Human Insulins are also available and a list of all insulins is on the diabetes.co.uk website. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/insulin-in-the-uk.html
You should contact the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT). They'll be able to offer you good advice. Here's a link to their website http://www.iddt.org/here-to-help/contact-us/
best of luck
Jus :)
 
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