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Inject air into the vial—Draw air into the syringe that is equal to your insulin dose. Lantus is a medicine which will help you control the level of sugar in your blood throughout the day and night. Lantus is the brand name for a type of insulin called insulin glargine units/mL, which is used to control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes Glargine (Lantus®) Detemir (Levemir®) Basal insulin is best starting insulin choice for most patients (if fasting glucose above goal),7,8 Start one of the intermediate-acting or long-acting insulins listed above,7 Start insulin at nightWhen starting basal insulin: Continue secretagogues. This dose reduction will lower the likelihood of hypoglycemia [see Warnings and Precautions ()] Read this chapter of Davis's Drug Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals online now, exclusively on F.A. Davis PT Collection. Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses App + from F.A. Davis and Unbound Medicine covers + trade name and generic drugs , · Lantus cartridges and Solostar pre-filled pens each containml of solution for injection, equivalent to units insulin glargine. Each vial containsml of solution Find information on Insulin Glargine (Basaglar KwikPen, Lantus) in Davis’s Drug Guide including dosage, side effects, interactions, nursing implications, mechanism of action, You have been prescribed Lantus. Draw up the dose—Leave the syringe in the vial and turn both upside down Lantus (glargine) OR Levemir (detemir) OR NPH insulin A1C greater than 7% with optimal long acting (basal) insulinunits of rapid acting or regular insulin SQ at each meal (base dose) +2 or +1 sliding scale depending on sensitivity. Put the needle through the rubber top of the vial and push the plunger to inject the air into the vial. F.A. Davis PT Collection is a subscription-based resource from McGraw Hill that features trusted content from the best minds in PT Sterilize the top—Wipe the top of the vial with an alcohol swab. (correction) Greater than Increase long acting (basal) insulin dose by units at bedtime Greater lantus was found in Davis’s Drug Guide. Continue metformin,8,20,29Changing to LANTUS from Other Insulin Therapies If changing patients from once-daily TOUJEO (insulin glargine) Units/mL to once-daily LANTUS, the recommended initial LANTUS dose is% of the TOUJEO dose that is being discontinued.