October 27, 2003
Insulin Analogs
Question from :
From the United Kingdom
About a year ago, my fiancee, who has had diabetes for over 30 years, changed to Lantus, and since then he has been suffering very violent mood swings which he did not have previously. He has also been suffering from severe low blood sugars while asleep causing convulsions. Have you heard of any other cases of this?
Answer:
Yes. Low blood sugars are a side effect of any insulin regimen. He may be having dramatic glucose swings over the course of the day. I would suggest he is not monitoring his glucose levels often enough to demonstrate the changes. He needs to work with his physician to look at the numbers and prescribe changes that will not result in such dangerous low glucose values. It is not necessarily the correct choice to stop the Lantus, rather it needs to be adjusted to the correct dose.
JTL
