Toujeo Solostar

[Mark Rawlinson]

I have always wondered with using Toujeo being 3 times strength, and I am using 45 units a day, If I were to use a standard strength insulin would I have to use 135 units a day ?
Or are the pens delivering different amounts per unit ? lets say standard strength 1 unit is a greater amount then 1 unit Toujeo

 

[Antje77]

I have always wondered with using Toujeo being 3 times strength, and I am using 45 units a day, If I were to use a standard strength insulin would I have to use 135 units a day ?
Or are the pens delivering different amounts per unit ? lets say standard strength 1 unit is a greater amount then 1 unit Toujeo

You'd still take 45 units with a different insulin.
IU, insulin units, measure the amount of insulin. So you can have 100 units of insulin in 1 ml of the solution that we call insulin, or 300 units per ml.

The pens for U200 and U300 are designed to administer half/a third of the amount of the fluid for the same amount of units.
This is the reason that any insulin that's not standard U100 (100 units per ml) only comes in prefilled pens, not cartridges for reusable pens. If you'd put an U300 penfill in a standard pen you'd inject 3 times what you need, unless you devide by 3.

It's a common misunderstanding. When I first switched to Tresiba U200, both my practice nurse and my pharmacist tried to convince me that I needed to take half of my previous dose.
Good thing I always read the leaflets. Even after showing the leaflet to the pharmacist she wasn't convinced. Some HCPs are plain dangerous.