Tresiba User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• BetsyBz
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 9, 2017

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been a type1 for 3 years now. My glucose levels haven't been well controlled.My last A1C was 12,the best was an 8. My work hours fluctuate, taking a shot, or eating" at the same time everyday is near impossible. I've just switched from Lantus a few weeks ago, had to cut my dose from 30 to 26. Tresiba is more powerful, causing lows. Not complaining, just a little scary, especially at night. It's trial and error, as the whole "my pancreas stopped making insulin, so I have to manage the "mimic the natural production"" thing. I haven't experienced any side effects, as I've been reading in the thread. Think I have a winner. I have an endo apt soon. Luck!"

• Jrteer
• 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 suppose 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."

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

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I have been taking Tresiba for 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 sooo much better."

• Emmyy...
• 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 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 night time lows. Every review (there are hardly any patient reviews for this drug) has said it takes significantly lower doses on this then 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 night time lows. Then all day my blood sugar is higher then 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"

• Chris...
• 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 were 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 s is a most unpleasant and potentially dangerous condition."

• Symone...
• 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 Trebisa. Week 2 started having highs in the morning with meals and then dropping low starting around 4pm. 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 40's and 50's and having to drink up to 3 8oz 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."

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

For Diabetes, Type 2 "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."

• Sally
• 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 HA1C was going up (7.9) and my blood sugar not control during the night (19) and day(13), I already gain weight near 12 kg in one year. It was the horrible insulin which, I used for diabetes during 22years."

• Type...
• 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 labwork fine)."

• sebela
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 11, 2022

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 10 years ago, found through routine bloodwork. I was immediately put on meal time insulin, but we discovered very quickly that I am extremely sensitive to insulin. About 4-5 years ago I was put on Tresiba. I was only using 5 units a day, but went up to about 8 about 3 weeks ago. I've been feeling terrible lately, so I thought back and realized very slowly I was getting progressively worse and worse with the way I felt. My side effects have been: some form of a headache every night from slight to debilitating; horrible joint pain mainly in my fingers and toes, itchy, congested ears, hoarse voice, blurry bad vision, depression, constant fatigue, zero libido (I'm a female), all over the place readings for no apparent reason, high fasting numbers and more. Also my A1C over the years keeps creeping up and up and up. I just switched back to a sulphonyrea, I'm so thankful! I wanted to share to let people know these things aren't just in their head!"

• nicas...
• 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. Its actually affordable and perfect for him."

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

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I've been using lantus since I was first diagnosed as 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."

• Maybe...
• 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 am. The rise would be up in the 3 or 4 hundreds. 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 s 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."

• Lisa
• 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."

• Ava_A...
• 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 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'sI'm 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."

• Sugar...
• November 15, 2017

For Diabetes, Type 1 "So delighted that Tresiba immediately helped my dawn phenomena. 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 maybe the cause so I will rebel and see what happens."

• ben
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 18, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 1 "51 years a type 1 diabetic. Currently using Tresiba and Humalog. Since beginning Tresiba 1 month ago (over RELION NPH) I have reduced daily blood sugar swings consistently. The daily Humalog (formerly RELION REGULAR) is only a VERY FEW units - morning basal is 13 units (at 5 am) and evening basal is 10-12 units (at 5-6 pm). I use Dexcom g6 and a1c is 5.0 currently. Purchasing Tresiba CHEAPER or more AFFORDABLY would be nice - this takes a good deal of my income and this is the only thing really discouraging about this wonderful insulin."

• Hodgb...
• 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 Tresibas the cause, but it's not looking good"

• 26 yo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 16, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I began using Tresiba shortly after Lantus. I had to switch because of my change in health insurance plans. I loved Lantus and had pretty regular blood sugar levels on it, but once I began using Tresiba my blood sugars would drop in the middle of the night. I have had some scary moments with it. I've gone to bed with a blood sugar of 220 (which I never did on Lantus) and then would wake up at 5am with a blood sugar of 30. It has caused some serious nighttime drops and only finally levels out by early afternoon. I do not recommend this product to any type 1'ers out there. My next try to will be Levemir or Basaglar."

• Bob
• April 26, 2022

For Diabetes, Type 2 "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 am was.still 180. I am back on Levemir. I can not believe the FDA ever approved this insulin. I am rating this insulin a 1 because I can not rate any lower."

• did...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 12, 2022

For Diabetes, Type 1 "I am a Type 1 diabetic for 68 years, I tried Tresiba for 2 weeks as suggested by the metabolic center that I go to. It was terrible and did not work at all, the metabolic center said I should take a quick acting insulin every 5 hours, but this actually made it worse as the blood sugars went up and down causing more grief. I would not recommend this product. It is terrible and will probably cause damage to your health. I have gone back to the insulin routine that I was taking before starting this. I feel 100% better and my blood sugars and appetite have returned to normal."

• ElHom...
• 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."

• Timmy...
• September 4, 2020

For Diabetes, Type 1 "Started Tresiba Feb 2020 - changed insulin frequently since 1988, no issues so didn't give it any thought. During March to May 2020 I had 3 episodes, I can only describe as severe 'hot flushes'; tingling top to toe, skin on fire, when that passed (30 seconds) I was then nauseous and dizzy, with a cold sweat. Each time this was within 1 min of injecting Tresiba (20 units) and was followed by 4 hours of shivering through the night the same as a fever, then feeling normal the next day. Upsetting and timing wise co-incided with the start of Covid so thought possibly a factor. Found this site and stories from other type 1 diabetics reporting same. My doc swapped me back to the Lantus I was on previously, no further issues since (5 months now). The doc did say he had 4 other patients who had side effects. Looking back, I did feel more dizzy than usual on Tresiba and frequently felt faint. All sorted now, but we warned!"

• 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 so I had tried Toujeo and it caused me to see spots so my endo doc tried Tresiba which it 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."

• PensG...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 31, 2018

For Diabetes, Type 2 "I have been on Tresiba for only 5 days - I cannot get my sugars to drop below 200 - they are actually more in the high 2s / low 3s. We are working with the dose - started at 20U (200U pen) and high all the time - now I'm on 26U - still high. The doc said give this 3 more days then increase to 32U. I am not having any other side effects. I was on metformin (took myself off that) and a pump which was not working very well. So I am hoping that once we get the dose figured out it will be worth it. I am also starting on Ozempic but have only had one dose so far. I'm trying to be optimistic - as I am really loving not having to wear a pump - honestly - this keeps me more honest - when I can dose for food - it gave me more freedom to cheat!"