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Important Safety Information (cont’d)
Before starting Lantus, tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you have liver or kidney
problems, if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant or if you are breast-feeding or planning to
breast-feed.
Change (rotate) your injection sites within the area you chose with each dose
to reduce your risk of getting
lipodystrophy (pitted or thickened skin) and localized cutaneous amyloidosis (skin with lumps) at the injection
sites.
Do not
use the same spot for each injection or inject where the skin is pitted, thickened, lumpy, tender,
bruised, scaly, hard, scarred or damaged.
INJECTION AREAS TO AVOID
When injecting in these three areas, avoid:
• The two-inch circle around the navel.
• Injecting too close to the bony area above the knee.
• The forearm. Only use the outer back area of the upper arm where there is fatty tissue.
CHOOSE AN INJECTION SITE
The three possible injection sites are:
your abdomen, your thighs, and your upper arms.
These areas have more fat and fewer nerve endings.
You may feel less discomfort in these areas.
• Always rotate your injection sites as instructed by your doctor.
• Never force the needle. This can hurt and may damage it. Too much force can also affect
how much insulin you get.
• Never inject into the muscle.
• Never rub the injection spot after an injection.
View a step-by-step video on how to inject at
.
• Rotate your injection sites with each dose
to reduce your risk of getting lipodystrophy
(pitted or thickened skin) and localized
cutaneous amyloidosis (skin with lumps) at
the injection sites.
•
Do not
use the same spot for each injection
or inject where the skin is pitted, thickened,
lumpy, tender, bruised, scaly, hard, scarred,
or damaged.
GET TO KNOW YOUR PEN AND ITS PARTS
The Lantus SoloStar pen was designed with a simple-to-push injection button and a large dosing window.
Out
er needle cap
Inner needle cap
Pr
ot
ectiv
e seal
Rubber seal
Insulin r
eser
voir
Dose windo
w
Dose select
or
Injection butt
on
Pen cap
Needle
HOW TO DISPOSE OF NEEDLES
Place used needles in sharps containers, which you can buy at your local drugstore.
If a sharps container isn’t available, use a strong plastic bottle that cannot be punctured, such as a
bleach or laundry detergent bottle. Make sure the cap is on tight. When you’re ready to dispose of
the bottle, put tape over the cap and write “SHARPS” on the bottle.
Take your sharps container to appropriate collection sites, which may include doctors’ offices,
hospitals, pharmacies, health departments, fire stations, or other locations.
Visit the Centers for Disease Control’s Safe Community Needle Disposal website.
Don’t flush used sharps down the toilet or drop them into a sewer drain.
Don’t put used sharps in soda cans, milk cartons, glass bottles, coffee cans, or containers that can be
broken or punctured.
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Always discard the pen with the pen cap on. You can discard the pen in regular trash.
Heart failure can occur if you are taking insulin together with certain medicines called TZDs
(thiazolidinediones), even if you have never had heart failure or other heart problems. If you already have
heart failure, it may get worse while you take TZDs with Lantus. Your treatment with TZDs and Lantus may need
to be changed or stopped by your doctor if you have new or worsening heart failure. Tell your doctor if you
have any new or worsening symptoms of heart failure, including:
• Shortness of breath • Swelling of your ankles or feet • Sudden weight gain
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