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<blockquote data-quote="MarkMunday" data-source="post: 2315253" data-attributes="member: 525839"><p>Lantus is the only Pharmac funded modern insulin in NZ. The old insulins, Actrapid (Regular) and Protophane (NPH) are funded and I have tried them. Protophane simply has too much within-person variability to be useful. I have found that reducig my Lantus to half of what it was and using Actrapid 3 times a day to fill the basal gap and cover meals works quite well. But I will ask the endo to go through the NPPA process and get me funded Levemir next time I see her. I have used it before and I liked it. Levemir is shorter acting than Lantus and often needs to be injected twice daily, but much more flexible and with reduced risk of unexpected hypos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkMunday, post: 2315253, member: 525839"] Lantus is the only Pharmac funded modern insulin in NZ. The old insulins, Actrapid (Regular) and Protophane (NPH) are funded and I have tried them. Protophane simply has too much within-person variability to be useful. I have found that reducig my Lantus to half of what it was and using Actrapid 3 times a day to fill the basal gap and cover meals works quite well. But I will ask the endo to go through the NPPA process and get me funded Levemir next time I see her. I have used it before and I liked it. Levemir is shorter acting than Lantus and often needs to be injected twice daily, but much more flexible and with reduced risk of unexpected hypos. [/QUOTE]
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