Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Levemir as follows:
- Maintain compliance with your dietary calorie recommendations, as ordered. Ingestion of excess calories can lead to poor blood sugar management and potentially can lead to increase in the Levemir insulin dose. Excess of dietary calories can result in weight gain and complicate the management of diabetes.
- Physical exercise, as ordered by the physician, will help improve the efficiency of Levemir insulin administered. Maintain compliance with any exercise schedule prescribed by your doctor. Try not to overdo on your exercise, as this might lower your blood sugars and precipitate an episode of hypoglycemia.
- Maintain strict compliance with administration of Levemir insulin shot as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the medication.
- Do not change the dose on Levemir insulin without consulting your doctor.
