Diabetes mellitus

Active Ingredient: Insulin glulisine

Indication for Insulin glulisine

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old) , adults (18 years old or older)

Treatment of adults, adolescents and children 6 years or older, with diabetes mellitus, where treatment with insulin is required.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

1-50 IU

Route of admnistration

Intravenous

Defined daily dose

1 - 50 [iU]

Dosage regimen

From 1 To 50 [iU] once every day

Detailed description

The potency of this preparation is stated in units. These units are exclusive to insulin glulisine and are not the same as IU or the units used to express the potency of other insulin analogues.

Insulin glulisine should be used in regimens that include an intermediate or long acting insulin or basal insulin analogue and can be used with oral hypoglycaemic agents.

The dose of insulin glulisine should be individually adjusted.

1-50 IU

Route of admnistration

Subcutaneous

Defined daily dose

1 - 50 [iU]

Dosage regimen

From 1 To 50 [iU] once every day

Detailed description

The potency of this preparation is stated in units. These units are exclusive to insulin glulisine and are not the same as IU or the units used to express the potency of other insulin analogues.

Insulin glulisine should be used in regimens that include an intermediate or long acting insulin or basal insulin analogue and can be used with oral hypoglycaemic agents.

The dose of insulin glulisine should be individually adjusted.

Active ingredient

Insulin glulisine

Insulin glulisine is a recombinant human insulin analogue that is equipotent to regular human insulin. Insulin glulisine has a more rapid onset of action and a shorter duration of action than regular human insulin.

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