Insulin degludec User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• Ter...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 13, 2021

For Type 2 Diabetes "Tresiba used to come with needles, but no more. Now, in addition to having to pay exorbitant amounts for the medicine, I now have to pay $72 for the needles? As a retired widow, things are hard enough, and this just makes it harder. Please reconsider putting needles back in the packages."

• Chr...
• July 11, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I was changed to Tresiba from Lantus last October (2018). Within two months, I developed lichen sclerosis. My diabetic doctor denied that there could be any link and was adamant that I should remain on Tresiba. Six weeks ago, I stopped Tresiba and put myself back on Lantus. My symptoms immediately abated, and today, the dermatologist told me that I seem clear. I think health professionals should be aware of this as lichen sclerosis is a most unpleasant and potentially dangerous condition."

• cat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 17, 2020

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I have been taking Tresiba for a little over a month and have had great results. It has kept my blood sugars between 100 and 120. I still have problems with waking highs in the 160s but am still titrating according to my NP instructions. I use Fiasp for short-acting and, these together, have been a godsend to me. I am very pleased with Tresiba. I do have a CGM which makes this so much better."

• Mou...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 30, 2023

For Type 2 Diabetes "My husband had a very bad reaction to this drug. After two days of taking it, he started developing a few itchy spots under his armpits, which he initially thought were insect bites. Twenty-four hours later, he developed an itchy rash all over his body, his face swelled up, and he looked sunburnt. He was urinating frequently, had slurred speech, and anxiety, and said he felt like his body was on fire. Discontinued use, but a week later his symptoms are only just starting to subside."

• Jrt...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 5, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Since I have been using Tresiba for my type 1 diabetes, my blood sugar levels have gone up from my usual low of 109 to a high of 199, to now well over 600. I was wondering how long it was supposed to start working. Then, when I checked, it can take 4 hours to get into your body but should last at least 24 hours, but my levels are too high."

• Sym...
• July 22, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I have been taking 14 units each morning for the past 3 weeks. Week one, not bad, I think because of the transition from Lantus to Tresiba. Week 2, started having highs in the morning with meals and then dropping low starting around 4 pm. Week three, highs still in the morning and having to take triple Novolog (1 unit per 15 carbs), and then by 4 pm, dropping to the 40s and 50s and having to drink up to 3 8 oz glasses of OJ to level back out. This week, I am trying to split the dosage to 7 units in the morning and 7 at night. That was a fail, I ran high all night. With all these challenges, Dr. switched me back to Lantus."

• Jul...
• August 26, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been a Type I diabetic for 14 years and just recently (within the past month) made the switch from Lantus to Tresiba. I have had constant headaches in the afternoons since switching, and today is the second time the pen has just stopped working. I will be partially through the injection when the pen stops dispersing the insulin - you can press on the plunger, but nothing comes out and the numbers do not go down. Not having insulin when your life depends on it is the scariest feeling in the world."

• Emm...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 23, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been a type 1 diabetic for 21 years. I switched from Toujeo to Tresiba to try and combat the low blood sugars I have while I'm asleep. My endo said this was the only type of LL insulin that had the compound breakdown to avoid the nighttime lows. Every review (there are hardly any patient reviews for this drug) has said it takes significantly lower doses on this than any other LL insulin. That has actually not been my experience. I've had to increase the LL dose, and oddly enough, I still have those nighttime lows. Then all day, my blood sugar is higher than it needs to be. Two weeks on it is plenty of time for my body to adjust, yet I'm still having the same issues. Not impressed with this insulin. Had much more stable BS on Toujeo."

• Ver...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 26, 2023

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I have Type 1 diabetes and found Tresiba did not work as effectively as Levemir. My glucose levels stayed in the 300 range even after a dosage change. I experienced sore muscles, weight gain, a general sick feeling, and extreme fatigue. I do not recommend this medication for Type 1 diabetes."

• Bob...
• April 26, 2022

For Type 2 Diabetes "If you are a type 1 diabetic, do not use this insulin. I repeat, do not use this insulin. The first day, everything was okay. The second day, disaster struck. Low blood sugars all day long. Blood sugar of 55, drank a bunch of Gatorade, 30 minutes later blood sugar 55. Same thing all day long. 75 at dinner around 7 p.m. I ate dinner and, 30 minutes later, was still 75 without any short-acting insulin. Around 2 a.m., BS was 200. Took short-acting insulin every hour through the night to try to keep BS down, and at 7 a.m. was still 180. I am back on Levemir. I cannot believe the FDA ever approved this insulin. I am rating this insulin a 1 because I cannot rate any lower."

• May...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 28, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Been taking Tresiba about 3 months. It is really good so far. Seems to keep my sugar under control. I especially notice it does really well at the 24-hour mark. When taking Humulin N, my sugar would rise at around the 18-hour mark and continue rising until it was time to dose again around 7 a.m. The rise would be up in the 300s or 400s. Now my blood sugar does not rise at that time at all. In fact, it goes crazy low. I'm completely hypoglycemic unaware with this insulin until I actually test my sugar, and it will be in the thirties and forties. Such a strange feeling being that low and not being aware of it. Haven't had my A1C tested on it yet, but overall it seems to be working well."

• DVR...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 7, 2023

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Tresiba is awful. I've been a type 1 diabetic since 1986. I'd been on Lantus for over 20 years, and my diabetes was really well-balanced. My CGM time in range was usually around 90% with very few hypos and almost no serious ones. However, in a diabetes review that sounded like a box-ticking exercise, my HbA1c was deemed too low (5.9%), even though nobody looked at my TIR or the incidence of hypos. I was told to ditch Lantus for Tresiba. Nobody told me that the pharmacokinetics were different and that I had to build a therapeutic accumulation over the first few days. As a result, I swapped Lantus for Tresiba like for like, and for the first two nights, it sounded like it didn't work at all (my blood glucose was shooting up dangerously in the middle of the night, to the point I had to do a correction with Humalog). As a result, I increased the Tresiba on the second night and the third. In the morning of the 4th day, I had a MASSIVE hypo coma. First time in 25 years, and I entirely blame it on Tresiba."

• Typ...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 30, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Went from twice-daily Levemir to Tresiba. Controlled blood sugars equally well. Did like the convenience of once-daily injections. However, I gained 12 pounds over 4 months. Cannot attribute the weight gain to anything else (exact same diet, exercise, and lab work fine)."

• dog...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2022

For Type 2 Diabetes "After four weeks of getting chronically tired, worsening every day since starting 12 units of daily Tresiba, I was taken off this insulin and given back my former insulin, Novolin. It was like a heavy fog lifting, and I began returning to normal. I warn all to be suspicious of Tresiba. If you are taking it and start getting brain fog or getting more and more tired, get off it ASAP. Do not accept tweaks, they do not work. I, myself, was too zonked to take action, thank goodness my husband got fed up with his 'zombie' wife and petitioned my doctor with the data and medical observations."

• Lis...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 21, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I'm 35 and have been a diabetic for 27 years. I have been using Tresiba for 3 years now, and everything was relatively fine. I had to split my dose because of low levels at night, and even though my endo said it was not necessary, it did wonders. A couple of weeks ago, I started with low levels at night or before lunch. Thought I should only reduce 2 units. But yesterday was scary... for the first time in my life, I woke up feeling the sugar levels too high. Ended up in the ER, where I was informed I nearly had 700. I thought the batch of pens could be faulty, so I bought another batch and started my day. I had 95 when I left the ER, and after a day at home sleeping, I'm already in 200. I'm looking online if there has been a recall or other cases similar to mine."

• nic...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 28, 2020

For Diabetes, Type 1 "My son, who is Type 1 diabetic, has been on Tresiba for a year, and it is the best insulin. His A1C level dropped from 9 to 5, and his blood levels are always in range. It's actually affordable and perfect for him."

• Sug...
• November 15, 2017

For Diabetes, Type 1 "So delighted that Tresiba immediately helped my dawn phenomenon. So many years of morning highs on Levemir. Wow. Then disaster struck. Bad bloating, nausea, and dizziness plus weight gain. The insulin nurse said, 'she doubts it’s the insulin' and not to go back to the other one if it’s working. After googling side effects, I think it may be the cause, so I will rebel and see what happens."

• Hod...
• October 22, 2016

For Diabetes, Type 1 "My 18 yo son has been taking Tresiba for about 6 mos, and his A1C dropped from 13 to 7. But he has been developing hives lately, and this is the only thing new or different in his environment or routine. We aren't positive at this point Tresiba's the cause, but it's not looking good."

• Sal...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 21, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I am 37 years old. I started to inject this insulin last year. My A1C was going up (7.9), and my blood sugar was not controlled during the night (19) and day (13). I already gained weight, nearly 12 kg in one year. It was the horrible insulin that I used for diabetes for 22 years."

• ElH...
• December 7, 2017

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Definitely the best long-acting insulin I've ever taken, by far. I have been type 1 since 1991 (though I do not remember that far back because I was very young) and have been on Ultra Lente, Levemir, Lantus, and Toujeo. I started taking Tresiba in late June. My A1C tanked from 7.5% in June (I destroyed my foot in April, so this might really have been closer to 6.8 or 6.9% if I had been able to exercise) to 6.3% in September. I will say that I had more lows than I'd like to have early on, but it's just an adjustment I had to make. I have far fewer 250+ readings than I have ever had, and many more periods of 8-9 hours where my blood sugar does not move at all, where it sits between 80 and 85 or such like. One week I ran an average of 102."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 25, 2021

For Type 2 Diabetes "Started Tresiba 2 years ago. From day one, I would wake up in the morning and could not see, my vision was dark and blurred. I told the doctor, and he said my eyesight was adjusting to the insulin. Since then, I have had laser surgery and a vitreous surgery on both eyes. My hair falls out every day. I have been off the insulin for a week now, and through diet and exercise, I have been able to manage my blood sugar levels, and my hair has stopped falling out, my eyesight has improved."

• Sic...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 4, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been using Lantus since I was first diagnosed as a type one diabetic almost 6 years ago, but my doctor kept telling me to increase my nightly dosage. Eventually, I was taking 16 units per night but kept having hypos during sleep and throughout the day. I'd go to sleep with a 320 and wake up with a 70. So, my endo switched me to Tresiba. Tried it for a week and went back to Lantus. I was getting awful body pains and headaches, and then I found out my initial problems were because my Lantus dose was too high (I switched doctors at that point). Also, the whole point of me switching to Tresiba was so I wouldn't crash at night. And what happened? I crashed at night."

• Ava...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 30, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I'm so conflicted with my beloved Tresiba. I started it last year, and my sugars have been amazing, especially the last few months. Went from 9 something to 7.2, and bet I'd still be or even in the 6's as of last month. Why am I conflicted? I've had debilitating stomach cramping, chronic diarrhea, and nausea, and other awful chronic problems (I noticed other people mentioned headaches and colds, and I had those too). Been to Drs, and everything comes back 'normal.' Despite my sugars, I am a wreck now, I realized the ONLY thing I've changed in my lifestyle is the Tresiba. I'm going on a week off it and don't know for certain yet, since my symptoms come and go (1 day I'm fine and the next they're back), but I'm going to try to stick it out and see. As far as blood sugar control, I've woken up in the 3 and 400's when off of it. It definitely is a great insulin for my levels. Devastated if I need to find another one now, but excited if my symptoms improve."

• one...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 21, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I am a type 1 diabetic for the last 22 years and was using Lantus for 18 years, and then my insurance wouldn't cover it. So, I had tried Toujeo, and it caused me to see spots. My endo doc tried Tresiba, which has been great. My A1C went from 7.9 to 7.0 in 1 year, and no more waking up with wet sheets from sweating like I did with Lantus. I'm thankful for my doctor trying it out on me."

• JBa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 14, 2020

For Diabetes, Type 1 "My blood sugars have been terrible on Tresiba. Up and down, up and down. Every night I have low sugar, then it spikes up like crazy. Never had this on Lantus. My doctor also recommended the pens. DON'T DO IT! You cannot trust the pens. Sometimes they shoot air and not insulin, so your blood sugars will be way out of control. I’d like to know what the doctors get for pushing the Tresiba from the company. When I told my doctor the pens are awful, she said she had never heard this from any other patient. So I looked at reviews, terrible, terrible reviews!!!"