Insulin glargine and Shortness Of Breath: What Users Say

• Bar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• November 6, 2019

For Type 2 Diabetes "My insurance forced the switch from Lantus, which I have been taking for years, to Basaglar. I started to develop skin sensitivity, rash, and my sugar became hard to control. I also started having heart and breathing problems. The Basaglar also seems to deliver its payload rapidly several hours after injection, causing hard to control highs and lows. I was able to get a card from Sanofi for discounted Lantus. Things are improving, but I feel I have a ways to go to undo the damage done by the Basaglar."

• Ann...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 29, 2019

For Type 2 Diabetes "I have been on Basaglar for at least 6 months, and it was just ok. Now I have terrible heart issues and breathing problems. Will not take this any longer. Someone needs to check into these problems and make sure this drug is safe!"

• Mad...
• August 9, 2019

For Diabetes, Type 1 "This med, Basaglar, is nothing like Lantus. My 12-year-old granddaughter was forced to switch from Lantus to Basaglar 8 months ago. The insurance will not pay for Lantus that she had been using for the previous 2 years. Within a week of using it, we knew this medication was not working and was causing her side effects. Her daytime glucose levels were very high. We had to double her short-acting insulin. At nighttime, her levels are dropping to 40 every few hours. The pen injector malfunctions frequently, jams, and I am convinced it dispenses an incorrect amount of units. I have to wake her up and load her with carbs to get her levels back up 2-4 times each night. If it were not for her Dexcom G6 alarm, I honestly think she would die in her sleep. She has headaches, abdominal pain, back pain, and leg cramps daily. She has respiratory issues ever since starting the med."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 7, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "I normally just read comments, however, I need to share my experience with Basaglar to help someone else. I started on Basaglar at the end of January 2020. Since then, I have ended up in the urgent room twice and my doctor's office once. Though this medication has helped lower my fasting blood sugar to an average of 90 to 114, it has given me constant shortness of breath. It's frightening to feel this way while going through the coronavirus pandemic. After reading the comments, it made sense. I am going back to my doctor and will ask to be taken off this medication."

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

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. I also had red dots where I injected, and it did burn. Absolutely scary stuff."

• bet...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 16, 2023

For Type 2 Diabetes "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 I stopped again and now a slow recovery over the next 72 hours. This should be removed from prescribing as it is an awful drug and really made me ill."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 16, 2021

For Type 2 Diabetes "My doctor placed me on this medication three months ago, and I immediately began noticing that I was having trouble staying asleep at night and waking with a dull headache every morning. I also noticed occasional and always unexplainable perspiration on my face and scalp. After about a month of use, lower leg swelling and shortness of breath was added to my symptoms. Upon calling my doctor, I was advised to 'stick with the Basaglar' and that it would 'get better.' And so, I tried. Then I began noticing my weight rapidly increasing and rushed to see my doctor in person. He wasn't there, but his PA immediately said that Basaglar is the culprit for all my ills, including the weight gain, and took me off this terrible med. We are now searching for something that will work in its place. The loss of quality of life just wasn't worth the small amount this medication lowered my A1C."

• Her...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 29, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "Well, I have tried this a few times, every time I do, it makes me sick!!! I have been down for 3 days now because of it! I feel like I can't breathe, and I'm shaking really bad, and headaches as well. My sugar dropped one day to e46, and I feel sick, sick! Today I chose to stop it again because my sugar used to be 6, and I'm 8.8 now, but the doctor is going to have to figure something out! It's messing with my anxiety, my chest hurts as well, and sweating and heat flashes! The tremors make me feel old as anything because I'm shaking like an old woman! Does anybody else know how long it made them feel sick for? Last time I took it, it was days to make me feel better when I stopped it. Hope it helps someone else! Definitely can't forget about shortness of breath or feeling like you can't breathe with chest pain!"

• Tri...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 11, 2021

For Type 2 Diabetes "Woke up with a fasting blood sugar of 80. Had shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat. I had body muscle aches all day. Very unreliable insulin. I stopped using this one tonight, as I feel it is dangerous."