Treatment guidelines
Basal+oral dosing made easy with Levemir® once daily
Easy to initiate
- Initiate at 10 U or 0.2 U/kg, whichever is greater4,6
- Dose at same time every day, at dinner or bedtime4
- Continue treatment with orals (consult national guidelines where patients are currently treated with glitazones)6
Easy to titrate
- Titrate based on patient’s self-monitored fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels4
- Record patient‘s pre-breakfast FPG over three consecutive mornings and calculate average4
- Based on average, adjust dose once a week if necessary but only if no major hypoglycaemic events and/or if there are no instances of FPG <4.0 mmol/L (<72 mg/dL) occuring without obvious cause4,7
Easy to titrate
* Adjust once a week
Easy to switch
- Easy to switch from other basal insulins8
- Unit-to-unit conversion from insulin glargine or NPH insulin once-daily to Levemir® once-daily8
- 20% dose reduction (of previous total daily basal insulin dose) recommended for patients previously using NPH twice-daily
How to start Levemir® in basal-bolus regimens
For people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, the dosage of Levemir® should be initiated and adjusted individually, as with other intermediate or long-acting insulins.
* Evening dose can be adminstered at dinner or bedtime.9.
