Indications and Usage
What is GlucaGen
®
(glucagon) for
injection 1mg/mL?
GlucaGen
®
is a prescription medicine
used to treat very low blood sugar (severe
hypoglycemia) in people with diabetes who
use insulin.
Important Safety Information
Who should not use GlucaGen
®
?
Do not use GlucaGen
®
if:
•
you are allergic to glucagon or lactose or any
of the ingredients in GlucaGen
®
•
you have a tumor in the gland on top
of your kidneys (adrenal gland) called a
pheochromocytoma
•
you have a tumor in your pancreas called an
insulinoma
What should I tell my doctor before using
GlucaGen
®
?
Before using GlucaGen
®
, tell your doctor
about all of your medical conditions,
including if you:
•
have kidney problems
•
have pancreas problems. Tumors in your
pancreas called glucagonomas
•
have not had food or water for a long time
(prolonged fasting or starvation)
•
have low blood sugar that does not go away
(chronic hypoglycemia)
•
have heart problems
•
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant
•
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It
is not known if GlucaGen
®
passes into your
breast milk
Tell your doctor about all the medicines
you take,
including prescription and over
the counter medicines, vitamins and herbal
supplements. GlucaGen
®
may affect the way
other medicines work, and other medicines
may affect how GlucaGen
®
works.
Please see additional Important
Safety Information on next page, and
Prescribing Information on following
pages.
Summary of
Instructions for Use
This is only a summary of the Instructions for Use. Please see the full Instructions for Use on the following pages.
––––––––––––––– Preparing the GlucaGen
®
dose ––––––––––––––––
See instructions for giving the injection on the next page
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Step 1.
Check that the orange plastic cap
on your vial of GlucaGen
®
is firmly attached.
Do not
use if the cap is loose or missing.
With your thumb, flip the cap off the
GlucaGen
®
vial.
Pull Straight Off
Step 2.
Pick up the prefilled syringe
containing sterile water.
Do not use any
other liquid to mix the medicine.
Hold the
syringe with 1 hand. With your other hand,
pull the needle cover off the syringe.
Do not
remove the plastic backstop from the syringe.
Step 3.
Pick up the GlucaGen
®
vial of dry
powder. Hold the vial with 1 hand. With your
other hand, push the needle of the prefilled
syringe through the center of the rubber
stopper.
Step 4.
Hold the vial and syringe together,
with the needle still inserted into the vial.
Carefully turn the vial and syringe together
right side up. Slowly push the plunger down
until the syringe is empty
. Do not take the
syringe out of the vial.
Step 5.
Firmly hold both the vial and syringe
together in one hand, and gently shake until
the powder is completely dissolved. Do not
use if a gel has formed, or if you see particles
in the solution.
Do not
take the syringe out
of the vial.
Step 6.
With the needle still inserted into
the vial, carefully turn the vial and syringe
together upside down. Gently pull down on
the plunger and slowly withdraw all of the
liquid into the syringe. Do not pull the plunger
out of the syringe.
Step 7.
Keep the needle inside the vial.
Check the syringe for air bubbles. If you see
bubbles, tap the syringe until the bubbles rise
to the top of the syringe. Gently push on the
plunger to move only the air bubbles back
into the vial.
1 mL
0.5 mL
Step 8.
Hold the vial and syringe as shown.
•
The usual dose for adults and children who
weigh more than 55 pounds (25 kg) is 1 mg
(1 mL). Use the content of the full syringe
(1 mL).
•
The usual dose for children who weigh less
than 55 pounds (25 kg) is 0.5 mg (0.5 mL).
Gently push the plunger until it is at the
0.5 mL mark on the syringe to ensure there
is 0.5 mL liquid left in the syringe.
Take the syringe and needle out of the vial
when the correct dose of GlucaGen
®
is in the
syringe.
If you do not know how much the child
weighs:
•
Give a child under 6 years of age 0.5 mg
(0.5 mL).
•
Give a child 6 years of age and older 1 mg
(1 mL).
