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Read user comments about the side effects, benefits, and effectiveness of Lantus Solostar SubQ.

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83 Total User Reviews

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Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
12/6/2010 7:36:35 AM

Reviewer: genealogist1944@aol.com, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 3

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 1

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
The pens do NOT work well at all. They tend to start squirting medicine all over the place instead of in a nice stream as it should. No satisfaction from questions and complaints about it. Three out of the 5 pen pack malfunctioned. My daughter is a nurse and she is injecting me correctly.

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
10/30/2010 1:53:25 PM

Reviewer: 55-64 Male (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment:
I cannot find the data I need on this product. It would seem to me if I knew the attack & decay rate I would be able to adjust the dose appropriately. Can anybody help please?

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
10/16/2010 1:34:17 PM

Reviewer: Netty 77 , 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment:
Before starting lantus my blood sugar was always high and nothing seemed to work. Now that I take lantus it keeps my numbers normal through out the day. Its been amazing how well lantus works. I can't stress enough how lantus turned my numbers arround. I'm reading like a normal blood sugar now all through the day. It only takes one shot a day and that lasts twenty four hours. The solostar pen is s ... Show Full Comment

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
6/28/2010 7:05:52 PM

Reviewer: 75 or over Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment:
My A1c is running between 5.8 and 6.2 for the last two years.

Condition: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
4/14/2010 12:33:16 PM

Reviewer: mb, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 4

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 4

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 3

Comment:
i have been on this medication or almost 2 weeks. so far no problems except i feel cold a lot. have been taking metformin and glipizide for some time now and have adjusted the metformin to 500 mg in the a.m. and 1000 mg at bedtime along with my injection.

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