Who Will Benefit From Lantus?
Edelman says the benefits of taking Lantus for a patient who was only taking two shots of Lente per day is “less peaks and valleys” and “consistent absorption on a day-to-day basis.” Aventis says people with diabetes should consider talking with their doctor or healthcare provider about Lantus if the following conditions apply: • A patient’s blood sugar is too high in spite of efforts to control it with diet, exercise or oral diabetes medications. • A patient is currently using an intermediate-acting insulin (such as NPH) once a day and wants 24-hour basal coverage. • A patient would rather take one injection of Lantus than two of NPH. Who Won’t Benefit? Einhorn says patients with highly variable basal needs, “which we do see in some pump patients,” should not consider taking Lantus. Tanenberg advises that those with type 2 in good control without hypoglycemia should not consider Lantus. In addition, “any type 1 who refuses to take four insulin injections per day and do fingerstick BG
