Lantus

Lantus (insulin glargine) is a long-acting insulin that starts to work several hours after injection and keeps working evenly for 24 hours. Insulin is a hormone that works by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Lantus is used to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes in adults. Lantus is usually injected once per day, at the same time each day. Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed. Your blood sugar will need to be checked often, and you may need other blood tests at your doctor’s office. Follow all medical appointments. Using insulin can make you gain weight or cause swelling in your ankles or feet, especially if you also have heart failure or kidney problems from diabetes. Ask your doctor before changing your diet or the dose of your diabetes medicine. Before using Lantus, tell your doctor if you have liver disease, kidney disease, heart failure, diabetic ketoacidosis (call your doctor for treatment with insulin), low potassium levels in your blood (hypokalemia), high sodium levels in the blood (hypernatremia), adrenal gland problems, an infection that causes fever or chills, an active infection anywhere in your body including tuberculosis (TB), fungal infections such as thrush; trouble breathing; vision problems; rapid weight gain; a bladder infection; enlarged prostate; severe stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; epilepsy seizures; thyroid problems; cancer of any kind including leukemia lymphoma pituitary tumor adrenal gland tumor melanoma pheochromocytoma acromegaly erythrocytosis hemochromatosis multiple myeloma ovarian cancer breast cancer uterine cancer pancreatic cancer prostate cancer liver cancer gallbladder disease gallstones cholelith

Lantus (insulin glargine) is a long-acting insulin that starts to work several hours after injection and keeps working evenly for 24 hours.

Lantus is used to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Lantus can be taken alone, or with other insulins, oral medications for diabetes and certain foods/drinks.

It is usually given once a day at bedtime as part of your treatment plan along with other medicines to help control blood sugar levels in people with both types of diabetes mellitus (DM). If you take Lantus with another type of insulin and/or oral medicine, the dose may need adjusting based on how much carbohydrate you eat at meals or snacks throughout the day.

Lantus is used to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes in adults. It is also used with other medicines for long-term treatment of diabetes.

Lantus works by lowering blood sugar levels. Lantus starts working about 30 minutes after you inject it and keeps working for up to 24 hours.

If you were using another long-acting insulin like Levemir, Vetsulin® (0.2% solution), Humulin® L, Humalog®, Levulan®, Novolin R®, NovoLog®, Apidra®, Humalin S/NPH and Prandin® (1 mg) before starting the use of Lantus, your doctor may need to change your dose of these medications when switching over to Lantus as they have different half lives (length of time they take to leave the body). Your doctor should tell you if this is necessary and how much more or less frequent dosing will be required at first so that any possible problems with low blood sugar can be avoided

Lantus may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.