Semglee® Pen 3ml (100iu/ml) INSULIN

Description

What is Semglee?

Semglee is a man-made form of a hormone (insulin) that is produced in the body. Insulin is a hormone that works by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Insulin glargine is a long-acting insulin that starts to work several hours after injection and keeps working evenly for 24 hours.

Semglee is used to improve blood sugar control in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Semglee is for use in adults with type 1 or 2 diabetes and in children at least 6 years old with type 1 diabetes (not type 2).

• Semglee is not for use to treat diabetic ketoacidosis.
• It is not known if Semglee is safe and effective in children less than 6 years of age with type 1 diabetes.
• It is not known if Semglee is safe and effective in children with type 2 diabetes.

For type 1 diabetes, Semglee is used together with a short-acting insulin given before meals.

Do not share your syringes with other people, even if the needle has been changed. You may give other people a serious infection, or get a serious infection from them.

Semglee side effects

Get emergency medical help if you have any signs of an allergic reaction to Semglee: redness or swelling where an injection was given, itchy skin rash over the entire body, trouble breathing, fast heartbeats, feeling like you might pass out, or swelling in your tongue or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have:

• rapid weight gain, swelling in your feet or ankles;
• shortness of breath; or
• low blood potassium – leg cramps, constipation, irregular heartbeats, fluttering in your chest, increased thirst or urination, numbness or tingling, muscle weakness or limp feeling.

Common Semglee side effects may include:

• low blood sugar;
• swelling, weight gain;
• allergic reaction, itching, rash; or
• thickening or hollowing of the skin where you injected the medicine.

More about Semglee (insulin glargine):

More about insulin here.