Purpose: The pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy and tolerability, safety, drug interactions, dosage and administration, cost, and place in therapy of insulin detemir are reviewed.

Use of the long-acting insulin analogs glargine and detemir does not reduce the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), compared with the ...

Recent real-world studies indicate dose similarities between insulin detemir and insulin glargine, but further studies are still warranted. The aim of this study was to compare real-life daily ...

Levemir (insulin detemir), a long-acting insulin taken to control high blood sugar. This news comes months after Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk announced insulin list price cuts of up to 70%.

Levemir (insulin detemir) has a shorter duration of action than other long-acting basal insulins like Sanofi's Lantus (insulin glargine) and biosimilars and Novo Nordisk's newer product Tresiba ...

There's a nationwide shortage of some insulin products due to a delay in manufacturing. More than 8 million Americans need insulin to manage diabetes. For many, they need it to stay alive.