The SWITCH1 trial: Proving that Lantus/Basaglar has a higher Hypocglycaemia rate than Tresiba
Let’s start with the SWITCH 1 trial. What is it? It was a Phase 3a trial to compare the hypoglycaemia benefit of the two insulins. […]
Lantus
Lantus: Lethal or Lifesaver? #DOC #gbdoc
Summary Following issues I experienced with Lantus (Insulin Glargine) in November 2014, I spent some time researching it, looking at absorption and pharmacokinetics and other […]
Type 1 Diabetes and Me. The story of a Diabetic life – A Diabetes Epiphany #DOC #gbdoc
In part four of an abridged life, we meet some more Diabetes “characters” and a few rather less pleasant ones at that. Looking back, it […]
Type 1 Diabetes and Me. The story of a Diabetic life – In to work; the Lantus years #DOC #gbdoc
Taking my diabetic life a step further, I eventually left uni and headed into the grown up woirld of employment. My first three years were […]
Levemir: Should I call you Mr Smooth? A basal change update…
Finally downloaded the libre data and a look at the reports. The results are really quite interesting. The Libre has revealed some surprising results. On […]
Basal Insulin – The Outcome
Since 7th January, I’ve been getting myself familiarised with Levemir, having changed my basal insulin. The reasons for this were documented here: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/lantus-users.67760/#post-749779 Essentially the mechanism […]
The Basal change – II
Day number 2 of the change over to Levemir and it appears that my body sees Levemir as a more efficient insulin. Let’s start with […]
Changing Basal Insulin – I suppose it’s Biotechnology….
For a slightly different take on technology, let’s go and look at biotechnology and its relation to me. I’m diabetic and recently took the decision […]