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<blockquote data-quote="Leeannea" data-source="post: 2101881" data-attributes="member: 411549"><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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? </p><p>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. </p><p>Many thanks </p><p>Leeanne</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leeannea, post: 2101881, member: 411549"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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