Lantus Solostar Side Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
If the patient notices signs of blood sugar being too low (hypoglycaemia), take action to increase the blood sugar level straight away. Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) can be very serious and is very common with insulin treatment (may affect more than 1 in 10 people). Low blood sugar means that there is not enough sugar in the blood. If the blood sugar level falls too low, the patient may pass out (become unconscious). Serious hypoglycaemia may cause brain damage and may be life-threatening.
Severe allergic reactions (rare, may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people) - the signs may include large-scale skin reactions (rash and itching all over the body), severe swelling of skin or mucous membranes (angiooedema), shortness of breath, a fall in blood pressure with rapid heart beat and sweating. Severe allergic reactions to insulins may become life-threatening. Tell a doctor straight away if the patient notices signs of severe allergic reaction.
Common reported side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people): Skin changes at the injection site: If injection of insulin is too often at the same skin site, fatty tissue under the skin at this site may either shrink (lipoatrophy, may affect up to 1 in 100 people) or thicken (lipohypertrophy). The insulin may not work very well. Change the injection site with each injection to help prevent these skin changes.
Skin and allergic reactions at the injection site: The signs may include reddening, unusually intense pain when injecting, itching, hives, swelling or inflammation. This can spread around the injection site. Most minor reactions to insulins usually disappear in a few days to a few weeks.
Rare reported side effect (may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people): Eye reactions: A marked change (improvement or worsening) in the blood sugar control can disturb the vision temporarily. If the patient has proliferative retinopathy (an eye disease related to diabetes) severe hypoglycaemic attacks may cause temporary loss of vision.
General disorders: In rare cases, insulin treatment may also cause temporary build-up of water in the body, with swelling in the calves and ankles.
Very rare reported side-effects (may affect up to 1 in 10,000 people): In very rare cases, dysgeusia (taste disorders) and myalgia (muscular pain) can occur.
Use in children and adolescents: In general, the side effects in children and adolescents of 18 years of age or less are similar to those seen in adults.
Complaints of injection site reactions (injection site reaction, injection site pain) and skin reactions (rash, urticaria) are reported relatively more frequently in children and adolescents of 18 years of age or less than in adults.
There is no experience in children under 2 years.