Does Lantus insulin raise or lower your blood sugar?

Lantus lowers high blood sugar levels.

Lantus (insulin glargine) is the man made form of a long acting insulin that is given by injection to diabetic patients, to lower their high blood sugar levels.

• Normally our bodies naturally produce the hormone insulin which works to keep the levels of sugar (glucose) in our blood to the ideal range.
• People who have diabetes have high blood sugar levels regularly due to their body not producing enough insulin or their body has become resistant to the effect of insulin.
• Lantus insulin carries the excess blood sugar from your bloodstream and stores it in your body’s tissues to use for energy later on.
• Lantus lowers the high blood sugar levels that diabetic patients have so that the blood glucose levels are a more normal range.