Insulin glargine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

• Torito
• October 5, 2017

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I was switched by my insurance to Basaglar before then I was on lantus with blood sugar readings of 140-170 on average ever since the switch I've been reading at 230 or higher. My eating habits have not changed, fasting between meals and small snack before bed I've also changed the injection site to no improvement"

• Skyti...
• April 17, 2012

Lantus SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been using the Lantus Solostar for about a month now. The pen is very easy for me to use. At first I had trouble just using one hand, so now after I insert the needle, I hold the pen in my left hand and depress the plunger with my right hand. This gives me more control over the entire process and with no pain."

• Thinton
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 6, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Twice now my blood sugar has bottomed out. A couple weeks ago it went to 29. Today, the glucometer said LOW. Had my daughter not been here to get me food and more glucose tabs, I would probably be in a coma or have already passed at this point. On the first occasion, I'm aware that I nicked a vein as I pulled the pen back and saw a speck of blood. When I mentioned this to my doctor, she said that couldn't happen because this is a basal insulin. I thought maybe she was right. But it happened this morning. I haven't felt like doing much, but have taken time to read. This DOES act like a fast acting insulin if it gets in your bloodstream. My mom was a diabetic to. She passed last July. The doctors told me her blood sugar got so low her body seized and she went into a coma. I couldn't understand how this happened when my mom had continually high blood sugar. How could it get so low. Now I know. What can be done about this? Even my doctor who prescribed this said it couldn't happen."

• Heather
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 17, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Insurance switched me from Lantus to Basaglar and my numbers have been super unpredictable. I was improving on Lantus (down from 50 units a day to 10 units), readings averaging 140 and A1C down to 6.5. With Basaglar, my readings are averaging at 190 with highs of 270! I’m hoping my Endo will take me off this on the next visit."

• klrei...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 18, 2019

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Have been on toujeo for over 2 years, taking 80 units at bedtime. Like the other reviewer, djricci, the toujeo has caused a rash to break out all over my body, especially on lower legs and scalp. The overall constant itching is driving me nuts. Results have been so-so, I am lucky if sugar is below 200 in the AM. Have also experienced some of the side effects others have noted (blurry vision, weight gain, dizziness)."

• Amano
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 1, 2021

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "No. Just no. I haven't had the "unpredictable" that others have had. To me, it's very predictable; it doesn't work. And I mean, BGL (blood glucose levels) behaviour as if I had injected water under the skin. Nothing. Needing to wake up every two hours through the night to inject bolus correction, like some kind of human insulin pump. Toujeo, or rather "the glorified water", is a hard no."

• Lehigh
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 25, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Don't buy this and waste your money and/or Medicare benefits. Get a sample first. I injected 40 units at 9 pm first night. By 9:30 my eyes were swelled shut and my throat was swelling shut. Called an ambulance and was treated for anaphylactic shock. Released the next day with a red/black/blue welt at the injection site & a handful of Tresiba samples. (Which was what I had used prior to insurance trying to save a buck) Tossed all the Basalgar samples out except the one I used in case the FDA should want it after I filed my MedWatch report. A horrid drug, was obviously rushed pass the FDA with under table hand shakes. Shame on them. Two days later still shaky with an unending headache!"

• Pixie...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 5, 2020

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "Like many others, I was forced off Lantus by my insurance company. I just started the basaglar 3 days ago. Luckily I decided to not take my usual full dose until I saw how I reacted. Yesterday I crashed 2x. Today I cut the morning dose again. I have crashed and had to eat some fast carbs 3x today. It has been so erratic that I couldn't use my fast acting insulin with my meals....and have still crashed. I ate Christmas cracker and crashed...That alone should have sent me well over 200 without fast acting insulin. Sort of scared to go to bed. It has been 12 hours since my injection... and an after dinner crash is what sent me to this site to read reviews."

• sandy
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 22, 2019

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "My Basaglar pens constantly malfunction so I never get the required dose, sometimes not getting any and wonder what happens if the malfunctioning pen delivers too much one time, my other insulin pens do not have these issues..."

• Brady...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 11, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "Endo was trying to help us save $ and said this tier 1 medication was cheaper than Levemir, which is tier 2, and should be the same thing. It's NOT! Blood sugar levels (BSL) had previously been 140-160 in the morning with Levemir. The only thing we changed was I started taking Basaglar at night. BSL is now 250-290 in the morning. It takes all day to come back down, and I'm having to take higher doses of Novalog during the day to control my BSL. This medication is terrible! It should be taken off the market immediately."

• betic
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 16, 2023

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Was put on Toujeo SoloStar back in early December, and ended up using 90 units to gain glucose control. My downsides were stiff joints and breathlessness which worsened with time and became a terrible pain in the top of my right lung 5 months on. I stopped the insulin and the pain was reduced within 24 hours and cleared within 72 hours. When I resumed taking the insulin I had awful pain back again within two hours, so stopped again and now a slow recovery over the next 72 hours. This should be removed from prescribing as is an awful drug and really made me ill."

• Bee
• September 19, 2019

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I was on Lantus. I changed to Basaglar for insurance reasons. I have had good results with my use of the insulin. My sugar levels have gone down. 113-140 in the morning. I used to be over 150 -200 each morning. I do take 48 units every morning, but I used to take more."

• Wren
• April 11, 2021

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I found this to be great at first, but like viktosa after 4 weeks of using my body reacted to it horribly. I started rotten egg burps which is a build up sulphur dioxide because food was now passing slower through digestive system, this would cause me to vomit rotten smelling food. The other side effect was feeling extremely tired and nauseous, chronic diarrhea which lasted for over a week, which in conjunction with the diarrhea caused a few accidents which was embarrassing at work as it would happen anytime. It made me scared to eat anything, my stomach became bloated within minutes of the injection, this was supposed to be a weekly dose for me. I stopped taking it for 3 weeks ago and all my symptoms went away, I then wanted to be sure this medication was the cause of my issues and I hadn't caught some other virus. So I took it on Thursday 8th April 2021 by Friday afternoon and all over the weekend my symptoms returned making me feel so unwell. So I won't be taking this anymore."

• Algania
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 13, 2020

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "After being diagnosed with Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) in March of 2019 I was given this drug and Humolog for meal dosing. I have good experiences with Toujeo SoloStar for 3 weeks at a time then sugars go crazy ups and downs. So I would change pens way earlier then is prescribed and sugars would be fine for awhile. First box I got said good for 28 days now they say 56 days. Well not so, only good for at least 3 weeks then have too discard and open new pen. Hope this info helps someone."

• Twosee
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 1, 2021

Lantus SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "Lantus works very well. The pen itself is awful. It jams all the time. Then you have to get a new pen and inject yourself again. That mean you have to use a new needle also. These needles and pens are very expensive. You can't use the all of this insulin that you have paid for."

• Anony...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 28, 2022

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "My insurance company sent me a letter telling me they wouldn’t cover Lantus but wanted me to switch to Basaglar. This insulin is terrible in my opinion! I pay lots of money for what my doctor prescribes, and I constantly need more and more insulin. I feel like this is a scam for diabetics to take advantage of our money as it is already so expensive for our condition! This isn’t right! Why dose our insurance companies tell us what insulins we need? Why is this not between the doctors and their patients? Now I’m having trouble managing my sugar. My A1c is off. I am trying to get enough insulin because this horrible insulin, in my opinion, doesn’t work for my body as well as the one that was working just fine. Why am I forced to switch medication? I feel like I am forced to try medication for a particular reason without being told? I think all of us who got these letters are owed an explanation"

• Anonymous
• September 6, 2009

Lantus SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been on Lantus for a few years now. I love it, the ease in administration of the Solostar and of the cartridge pen is wonderful. I have never had a problem with it and when using it my sugars remain in good control and I feel wonderful."

• KVolz
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 28, 2017

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I began taking Lantus about 6 months ago, because the Metformin and Actos was no longer helping my glucose levels. About 6 weeks ago, I began taking Basaglar, because my insurance will no longer cover Lantus. At the same time I began Basaglar, my muscles and joints began hurting severely, and I wasn't able to do much other than exist. My doc sent me to physical therapy. No relief. I read somewhere that Basaglar can cause muscular and joint pain, so I decided to stop taking it temporarily, 48 hours later, I am pain free."

• Tbbxny
• February 27, 2017

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "My blood sugars had been somewhat erratic, so my doctor suggested switching me from Lantus to Toujeo. The only benefit I've found with Toujeo is the ease with which the insulin injects (my Lantus pens took more effort to push). My sugars are more consistent now, but they are consistently high. I am hoping that this is just an adjustment period, but based upon the other negative reviews I've read, I don't think so. I expect that I'll be switching back to Lantus."

• Kenne...
• July 14, 2017

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "Moved from levemir to basaglar as my insurance "Discovery Medical Aid" won't cover levemir. Been using basaglar for about 3 weeks now. It's been horrible so far. It appears to peak after 10 hours so that made it unpredictable given how they say it should work. I halved the dose to counter the hypo's but now sugars are higher than usual any other time. I feel out of focus and dizzy. My chest feels "fluish". I am considering going back to levemir and paying the large copayment."

• Default...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 11, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been fortunate. I've been on Lantus or Levemir for approximately 15 years. Despite its signature burning I use Lantus now because it's more effective. I find that it doesn't burn if I use a longer needle so that helps. Because I'm in the Medicare donut hole I've asked my doctor (just today) for a Basaglar rx. In the past he's given me sample Basaglar pen needles and I've found its effectiveness is identical to Lantus. I hope the cost will be lower since the donut hole cost right now is almost $300 for the Lantus. That means I've been relying on my regular insulin for control."

• chels
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 8, 2020

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been type 1 for 20 years and been on Lantus the majority of the time, my insurance switched me to Basaglar 4 months ago and I've gained 20 lbs. Also have had headaches and I already suffer from anxiety and depression but my depression seems to be a lot worse. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!! If I could give it a 0 out of 10 I would!"

• emg
• March 12, 2016

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "taking 62 units, used to use lantus with no problem, have had major problem last month or so with pounding heart, and rapid pulse. Heart problem comes any time during the day, and is getting increasingly more of a constant...going to go back to Lantus, and that is too bad, but can not deal with side effects."

• DrRaouf
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 17, 2019

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 2 "I am Type 2 diabetic patient for almost 4 years. I used metformin and sitagliptin tablets but my A1C was always higher than 7.6 or even 8. I also had acute pancreatitis from Sitaglptin. My doctor prescribed me Toujeo SoloStar with metformin which improved my results but after meal blood sugar was still high. The doctor added NovoRapid insulin with the meals. Now my A1C is 5.6 and fasting glucose is below 7.2 , very satisfied with my medication."

• Aimstar
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 14, 2017

Basaglar (insulin glargine) for Diabetes, Type 1 "I was on Basaglar for 6 months because of my insurance no longer covering lantus. I had extreme anxiety, nightmares and most scary was the fast heart rate. I am only 37 and have never had a heart problem or had shortness of breath like I did on this horrid medicine. I've been off for about 3 weeks, my heart rate has slowed somewhat but my doctor is now sending me for an EKG. I seriously hope it didn't cause any permanent damage, dealing with type one diabetes is enough! I am getting a TAR to go back on lantus. Please report side effects to the FDA as I did, to get this medicine pulled. Also had red dots where I injected and it did burn. Absolutely scary stuff."