Hi. I’ve had Levemir sitting in my fridge for a week that I look at every time I open the door. But I’m too scared to use it. I live in Australia and lantus is by far the more commonly prescribed long acting insulin here. My local chemist has “ almost no one “ on it. From reading the forum I get the impression that it is often prescribed in the UK, so I thought I’d turn to you all for encouragement.
I’m on MDI with 7 units of lantus in the am and 1.5 in the evening ( plus novorapid). I want to change to Levemir for 2 reasons. The first is that I’m very insulin sensitive and I’m terrified of injecting the 7 units intramuscularly. The second reason is that at night my big goes up from midnight to 3am then steadily down, often to mild hypos on waking. I think that Levemir might give me better control. My endocrinologist agrees.
My plan, that I m too afraid to execute, in case it has a literal meaning, is to take 4 units of Levemir the first morning and 2 units at night and go from there, correcting as necessary. Should I do 2 days before I change the dose of Levemir or do you think one day is enough?
I read Scott C’s thread on his change from lantus to Levemir but I’d be grateful for anyone’s opinion as I am just plain scarred.
Many thanks
Leeanne
I’m on MDI with 7 units of lantus in the am and 1.5 in the evening ( plus novorapid). I want to change to Levemir for 2 reasons. The first is that I’m very insulin sensitive and I’m terrified of injecting the 7 units intramuscularly. The second reason is that at night my big goes up from midnight to 3am then steadily down, often to mild hypos on waking. I think that Levemir might give me better control. My endocrinologist agrees.
My plan, that I m too afraid to execute, in case it has a literal meaning, is to take 4 units of Levemir the first morning and 2 units at night and go from there, correcting as necessary. Should I do 2 days before I change the dose of Levemir or do you think one day is enough?
I read Scott C’s thread on his change from lantus to Levemir but I’d be grateful for anyone’s opinion as I am just plain scarred.
Many thanks
Leeanne