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

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 ...

Review the side-effects of Insulin Detemir as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication.

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 ...