Ensure Accurate Insulin Switches

Questions about insulin switches will continue to come up...partly because insulin detemir will be discontinued in the US this year.

Consider these tips to guide switches between home and formulary insulin...after verifying adherence to the home regimen.

Long-acting to long-acting. Use the same daily dose when switching between insulin detemir and different brands of insulin glargine U-100 (Basaglar, Lantus, Semglee, etc).