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Basalin ElasPen

Basalin ElasPen

insulin glargine

Manufacturer:

Pharmaniaga LifeScience

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Concise Prescribing Info
Contents
Insulin glargine
Indications/Uses
DM in adults, adolescents & childn ≥2 yr.
Dosage/Direction for Use
Individualized dosage, administered once daily at any time of the day, but at the same time each day.
Special Precautions
Not to be administered IV. Not for diabetic ketoacidosis. Patients w/ significant stenoses of coronary arteries or blood vessels supplying the brain, proliferative retinopathy; patients in whom glycaemic control is markedly improved, hypoglycaemia develops gradually & autonomic neuropathy is present, after transfer from animal to human insulin, long history of diabetes, suffering from psychiatric illness, receiving concurrent treatment w/ certain other medicinal products; change in inj area, improved insulin sensitivity; unaccustomed, increased or prolonged physical activity; intercurrent illness, inadequate food intake, missed meals, alcohol consumption, certain uncompensated endocrine disorders (eg, hypothyroidism & anterior pituitary or adrenocortical insufficiency); switching between & from other insulins. Formation of insulin Ab. Risk of developing lipodystrophy & cutaneous amyloidosis; monitor blood glucose after change in inj site. Not to be mixed w/ any other insulin or diluted. Combination w/ pioglitazone. May affect ability to drive & use machines. Renal or hepatic impairment. Pregnancy & lactation. Childn <2 yr. Elderly ≥65 yr.
Adverse Reactions
Hypoglycaemia. Lipohypertrophy; inj site reactions.
Drug Interactions
Enhanced blood glucose-lowering effects by oral antidiabetics, ACE inhibitors, disopyramide, fibrates, fluoxetine, MAOIs, pentoxifylline, propoxyphene, salicylates, sulfonamides. Reduced blood glucose-lowering effects by corticosteroids, danazol, diazoxide, diuretics, glucagon, INH, oestrogens & progestogens, phenothiazine derivatives, somatropin, sympathomimetics, thyroid hormones, atypical antipsychotics, PIs. Potentiated or weakened blood glucose-lowering effects by β-blockers, clonidine, lithium salts or alcohol. Hypoglycaemia followed by hyperglycaemia w/ pentamidine. Reduced or absent signs of adrenergic counterregulation by sympatholytics eg, β-blockers, clonidine, guanethidine, reserpine.
MIMS Class
Insulin Preparations
ATC Classification
A10AE04 - insulin glargine ; Belongs to the class of long-acting insulins and analogues for injection. Used in the treatment of diabetes.
Presentation/Packing
Form
Basalin ElasPen soln for inj 100 U/mL
Packing/Price
3 mL x 1's
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