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Message: <blockquote data-quote="carog" data-source="post: 1592480" data-attributes="member: 191520"><p>Hi I have suffered reactions to all the basal insulin I have tried, not bad enough to be classified as an allergic reaction as they were relatively localised. Lantus caused joint issues, levemir I had reaction around injection sites between egg cup and tennis ball sized, red, itchy, hot etc and lasted 3 days plus so constantly had 6 of them driving me nuts, Insulatard it was like I had flu (without the cold) the whole time.  In all cases symptoms caused by the particular type went away with in 24 / 48 hours of swopping between them.  So spent a good while swopping from levemir to insulatard every few days as one lot of symptoms got too bad.  GP prescribed an antihistamine which helped with levemir issues.  I have just gone on to a pump (only a week or so in).  It wasn't provided because of the reactions but for other issues, but it is a real bonus I don't need basal insulin anymore, thankfully I have no reaction problems with quick acting insulin.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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