Insulin glargine for Diabetes, Type 1 User Reviews (Page 2)

• Honey...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 25, 2018

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "Blood sugars have never been more off the chart than since I switched to toujeo, going from extreme highs to dangerous lows and going to bed with normal blood sugar and get up with it through the roof. DISASTER"

• Rlljke
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 10, 2016

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "my doctor tried switching me from lantus to toujeo because my blood sugar was always high in the morning. It started out working to bring my blood sugar levels down, but within four to six weeks, I had gained 10 pounds (and I am not tall), I had swelling, and I could barely feel my toes due to poor circulation. I have never had problems with circulation that could not be regulated. I have had type 1 diabeletes without too many complications for 35 years, and am otherwise, healthy. I had to have my doctor switch me back to Lantus because Toujeo was destroying my body. I hope this does not replace Lantus or I will not be around for long."

• ChrisG
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 10, 2019

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "I am another Type 1 diabetic that was switched from Lantus to Basaglar by my insurance company. Prior to the switch, my A1c was 5.7-6.3; now it's in the 7-7.5 range. Basaglar is a complete dud for me. The only thing consistent with it is my morning 200+ BGs. I finally went back to using my insulin pump and within a day, perfect stable BGs with almost 1/2 the amount of insulin. When I go back on syringe therapy, I'll have my Endo require my insurance to prescribe Lantus."

• Mommy...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 14, 2016

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "When I experienced lipodystrophy on the insulin pump, my endocrinologist prescribed Toujeo pens for my basal insulin and Humalog pens for my mealtime and correction doses of insulin. I have always been somewhat brittle but on the toujeo, I was even more brittle. My doseage of 16 units of Toujeo was too low but an increase of only one unit of one unit per day caused extremely low blood sugars. In fact in my almost 40 years of Type 1 Diabetes, the lowest blood glucose readings I ever experienced (25 mg/dl) was while on Toujeo. I am not a medical professional but I would not recommend Toujeo to anyone."

• NJano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 10, 2019

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "My son has diabetes since the age 3. He was for 23 years on Humulin N which wasn’t great but we kept the blood sugar in control. The doctor switch his insulin to Basaglar....it is a disaster! His blood sugar is 450 to 500 if something happens to him I will sue the doctor and Lilly co. For selling this useless insulin to patients. We tried Lantus few years ago....was not working either...."

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

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "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."

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

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "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) "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) "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."

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

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "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."

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

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "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"

• Tbbxny
• February 27, 2017

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "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) "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."

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

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "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!"

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

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "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."

• Rinno
• March 13, 2020

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "35 year, type 1 for 5 years, was using Toujeo. In my case, Toujeo induced defensive responses, which caused unexplainable high BGs. Eg. went to bed with BG 100 and woke up with BG 270. I thought it was a rebound (Somogyi) effect or excessive DP. When I bought a CGM it revealed that the jumps occur abruptly, with no apparent reason, in the middle of the night or in the afternoon (after 10 - 15 hours from bedtime injection, when Toujeo reaches peak activity). In the final weeks, Toujeo caused me heartburn, accelerated and irregular heatbeat and shaking. My BG was in the range between 200 and 300, and bolus corrections had no lowering effect. In fact, Toujeo increased my BG, which is clear evidence of drug rejection. At the end, went to the ER with BG 450 and received NovoRapid infusion which bought me down to BG 100. Before, I took 25-30 units of Toujeo while now am on 14-16 units of Tresiba. I think I was Toujeo resistant from the very start but things escalated in the last months."

• Katie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 3, 2021

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "I'm a foster mom to a 4 year old with Type 1 Diabetes. This pen is horrible!! Since he has OHP, the insurance switched from Lantus to this POS because of cost. Every night its a fight to get the correct amount to come out and we don't even know if he is getting the correct dosage because of how the pen is. The pens need to be fixed, we can't keep guessing if he is getting the correct dosage. And to make things worse, it hurts him even more because of how hard it is to push the button. His numbers have been all over the place because this med doesn't work as good as Lantus."

• Anonymous
• April 21, 2020

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "I have used insulin pens in the past. I must say, this is the worst pen ever!! I have been to my pharmacy twice, could not replace them. Even though we spend a lot of money for our medicine. The pharmacist did try to make it right. She called the company, and what ever they did. I start receiving my insulin from the pen. Now this month, same thing as last month. Hard to turn, no insulin will come out. I am a serious type 1. You should not have to do special trick with the pen needle to get insulin out. I asked on Facebook. Others have same problem! What good are the pens if the insulin does not come out?"

• Corey
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 18, 2021

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "I hate this insulin. Because of insurance I was forced to change from the Lantus I was on that worked great. I’ll go to bed with perfect numbers and wake up high. Not just a little high, like in the 300s. For someone who is working very hard to keep her diabetes under control, I cannot describe this insulin as anything other than garbage."

• Mom...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 21, 2020

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "My daughter came home from the hospital after being diagnosed with diabetes 1, using Lantus. Our insurance won't cover it and she was switched to Basaglar. We have used 5 pens and each night she is in tears because the dose knob is so hard to push. We are fighting with the insurance to get Lantus, we never had a problem with the pens. I could understand 1 pen being defective, but not 5 from different boxes. Basaglar pens are not made well."

• Press
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 7, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "As with many others, experiencing headaches, anxiety, dizziness, feeling in mental limbo, tired, though some symptoms clear by afternoon or late day. My problem is that the Endocrinologist I was seeing just since February quit at the same time he put me on Basaglar because Lantus was making me itch all over. I had side effects from all meds so my family dr. sent me to him. Hope to see a regular dr. soon who also has diabetes. Maybe she can help? Only good note is that my points are down. Scary that someone checked the "tube" on 4 or 5 and nothing came out. Sad to be a guinea pig or test subject. I'm older and only diagnosed in the last 4 years. Very disheartening to have this malady"

• LBishop
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 21, 2018

Toujeo SoloStar (insulin glargine) "A little background: I’m a T1 diabetic who’s successfully used pens forever. I’m also a medical student and like to tinker with my prescriptions when I learn new stuff. I had been on a split-dose of Lantus for years and had given decludec (Tresiba) a shot with frustrating results. I was tired of the split Lantus, so I opted to give Toujeo a try – my endo advised me that many of her patients liked Tresiba better, but I had the exact opposite experience. My A1Cs went from 6.9 to 6.5 to 6.3 while on Toujeo… it hasn’t been 6.3 since high school! At first, my Toujeo dose was lower than the Lantus dose I’d been on, but I experienced the two-month bump I’d read about – basically, I had to increase back up to my old Lantus dose after 2 months. Only other downside is that the pen tips seem to get clogged more easily… which just reminds me that I should be changing them out more often anyway! Very, very happy with Toujeo overall."

• t1dat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 12, 2018

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "..replying to already in use. I used up the last of my lantus amd my blood sugar levels were in my drs range. I took my 1st injection of basaglar and ate normally, next morning my BSL were over 300 and I was was like what! I took my humalog and tested every 2/3 hrs..my BSL went down and took my basaglar again and ate normally like I would, no big meals..BSL went down after taking more humalog and the next morning again my BSL were around 300. Again tested every 2/3 hrs and went after 3 days I called my Dr with my BSL now waiting to hear back. I tried to figure out if my meter or my insulin was bad. I've had bad vials of insulin, so when the pharmacist says you cant get bad vials they're so wrong. Now I'm having same problems with my new insulin. I'm hoping they call tomorrow and either get me back on lantus or up basaglar. I got new pens so Im gonna try them tomorrow. I think basaglar just isn't working for me. I'm thinking basaglar isn't for TID..anyone else having the same problems?"

• Good...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 20, 2017

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "I've been type 1 diabetic for over 50 years. I've seen lots of changes, most of them an improvement. However, Basaglar is NOT an improvement over Lantus for me. It is supposed to be Bio "Similar" (whatever that means) but my experience has not been a good one. Basaglar is unpredictable and has caused me much stress and anxiety because my blood sugar is all over the place and my insurance company has given me no choice. My last Hemoglobin A1c was 7.2 on Lantus. I'm going for blood work today. We'll see. A1c may be decent but my quality of life is not. Constant hypo glycemia at night and adjusting dosage ends up with high BS. I feel terrible!"

• Ms317...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 19, 2022

Basaglar (insulin glargine) "My experience with basaglar will effect me for the rest of my life, and not in a good way. Of course I doubt there is a Dr that will say results are due to this horrible "biosimilar" creation, but I developed heart failure from basaglar. All started when I went to see a doctor in an area I had just moved to. Without any discussion, or notification, they put me on Basaglar, no change in the number of units that I needed to take. I was on it for a month before I started to feel my worst. Then I looked closer at the medication and realized it was not Lantus which I had been taking for years. I gained 40 pounds. I could not sleep in my bed anymore because I couldn't breathe. My feet were swollen drastically. I could not make it up 13 steps without having to stop multiple times because I could not breathe. I was a very active person before all of this. After multiple trips to the Dr, and a change in Drs they found that my ejection fraction was 15%, Normal is 55-75%"