Never taken Lantus?

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Permalink Reply by nel peach on July 4, 2009 at 8:44am

Prior to pumping : Lispro and NPH ;pumping since 2001( Novo Rapid ) ...Lantus not available in Canada in those days.

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Permalink Reply by Dave   _ on July 4, 2009 at 9:09am

Me. went from Regular/Ultralente, to Purified Pork versions, to Humulin, to Velosulin, to Humalog, to Novalog

Never had Lantus or Levemir. Allergic to NPH.

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Permalink Reply by Marie B on July 4, 2009 at 9:30am

I've never taken either Lantus or NPH. Prior to pumping 20 years ago, I was a Lente/Regular gal.

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Permalink Reply by Suzanne on July 4, 2009 at 10:10am

The only insulins I ever used were Regular then Humalog and for the long lasting, NPH. My doc wanted me on Lantus prior to starting the pump last year but I wasn't keen on the idea, NPH worked fine enough.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy on July 4, 2009 at 10:44am

I don't go blabbing it around, but I still take NPH (and Humalog). I started on Lantus when it first came out and gained 40 pounds of edema in 3 weeks. They thought I was in heart failure and was in the hospital for 8 days - an extremely frightening time, plus a mambo big bill. Well, turns out I was having a "reaction" to Lantus. I stopped taking it and peed away the fluid in a couple of days. I won't go near the stuff. NPH is sort of tricky but I think I've cracked the code and do pretty well on it.

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Permalink Reply by Di on July 6, 2009 at 7:04am

No lantus, here, either. I went from R and NPH to pumping. I almost went on lantus, but then switched endos and she put me on a pump instead.

So no, you are not alone!

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Permalink Reply by ErinArg on July 6, 2009 at 7:45am

I did 25 years on R and NPH (Beef/Pork) then to Humalog and a pump. Now, I use Novolog with my pump. Never tried Lantus. Never ever discussed it with any endo I've had... and I've had a few in my lifetime!

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on July 6, 2009 at 10:44am

I did R and NPH from 1990 to 1998, then moved to Humalog, started pumping with it in 2000, then moved to Apidra in 2005. Pretty much anyone who has pumped since before 2003 probably has no or at least limited experience with Lantus.

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