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What is Levemir?

Levemir® is a brandname for insulin used to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent, IDDM); type 2 diabetes mellitus (noninsulin dependent, NIDDM) to control hyperglycemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 2 14 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Diabetes Mellitus 5 1 Efficacy_major
Diabetes Type 1 4 2 Efficacy_moderate
Other 3 0
MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes in Young) 1 0
Weight gain 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Levemir

Weight gain 1
Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) 1
Injection site redness 1
Injection site bruising 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Levemir. See all 23 dosages ►

  20 mL daily 80 daily 100 units daily 120 units daily 120 mL daily 140 mL daily 180 mmol/L daily 1,000 units daily 2,600 units daily 3,000 units daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Levemir (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 100%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Levemir

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Levemir

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Levemir

Always
 7 88%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Levemir

Very
 1 13%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 38%
Not at all
 4 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Levemir

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.