Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges
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Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges are an intermediate-acting and a rapid-acting human insuline and Insulin Humalog Mix 50/50 Cartridges are fast-acting and a longer-acting insulin. It will help manage your blood sugar between meals and at night, and blood sugar spikes after meals. Insulin lispro is a synthetic insulin analog component of Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges and Humalog Mix 75/25 KwikPens. Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges is 100 units per mL (U-100), a mixture of 75% insulin lispro protamine and 25% insulin lispro . Humalog Mix 50/50 is 100 units per mL (U-100), 50% insulin lispro protamine, and 50% insulin lispro. Insulin lispro protamine is an intermediate-acting human insulin analog, and insulin lispro is a rapid-acting human insulin analog. Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges is used to improve glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus.
What is Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges used for?
To treat patients with diabetes mellitus who require insulin to keep their blood sugar levels under control. The first stabilization of diabetic mellitus is another indication of their use. After that, they are used to manage your diabetes by preserving a healthy blood sugar level.
How does Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges work?
Humalog Insulin Lispro is a synthetic insulin analog that functions similarly to naturally occurring insulin. The pancreas’ beta cells create insulin in healthy individuals. Naturally produced insulin helps absorb blood sugar into the liver, fat, and skeletal muscle cells, thus regulating blood sugar levels. Additionally, it prevents the liver from producing sugar, lessens the sugar released back into the bloodstream, and enables sugar to stay in your body’s cells where it converts to energy to carry out all essential bodily activities.
Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges and Insulin Humalog Mix 50/50 Cartridges are fast- and a longer-acting insulin. It will help manage your blood sugar between meals and at night, and blood sugar spikes after meals. humalog mix 50/50 contains fast-acting lispro and long-acting lispro protamine artificial insulins.
The insulin analogs known as mealtime or bolus insulin includes insulin lispro. They start working almost immediately and give you the protection you require against blood sugar spikes during and after meals. After the injection, it works in about 15 minutes, reaches peak blood levels in 30 to 70 minutes, and continues to work for around 2 to 5 hours. Usually, it should be taken 15 minutes before your meals but not later than 20 minutes before the meal start.
The class of intermediate-acting insulin analogs includes the long-acting insulin lispro protamine. Protamines, tiny proteins, are included in the formulation of insulin lispro to slow down the onset and lengthen the duration of the insulin action. The activity profile of insulin lispro protamine is similar to that of isophane insulin, a commonly prescribed insulin with an onset of about 90 minutes and a duration of approximately 24 hours.
What is dosage of Humalog Mix 75/25?
Always strictly adhere to your doctor’s dosage recommendations. Information about which insulin to use, how much to use when to administer it, and how frequently. Since every instance of diabetes is different, your doctor will probably tailor your dose plan just for you. Changes to your diet, amount of activity, or work schedule may impact your dose and schedule. Pregnancy, illness, use of other drugs, exercise, and travel are other variables that may affect your dose.
You should take your medication 15 minutes before or 20 minutes after your meal, whichever comes first. The most common location for injection is the abdomen, thigh, upper arm, or buttocks. Rotate your injection site within the same region in between doses to help lower the chance of lipodystrophy, a condition of fat formation.
Changes in your food consumption, activity level, or work schedule may impact your typical dose and schedule. Always pay close attention to the directions your doctor gives to account for these changes. In addition, the following factors may also impact your dosage and schedule: illness, the use of other drugs, pregnancy, physical activity, and travel.
How to take Humalog Mix 75/25?
Keep new Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges in the fridge between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius; take care not to freeze the insulin. Be sure to read the patient information leaflet provided by your doctor before you begin using Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges each time you get a refill. The suspension blend needs to be white. Subcutaneous administration should be used (under the skin). When injecting your insulin, you must avoid striking any significant blood vessels.
Administer Insulin Humalog 50/50 and 75/25 up to 20 minutes after eating or between 15 and 20 minutes before.
Note: These are only informative notes. You should always take this medication as prescribed by your physician.
Warnings and Precautions of Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges
Do not take Humalog Mix 75/25 when:
- You were having too low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). After addressing your low blood sugar, use Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges as directed by your doctor.
- You have an allergy to any component of Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges.
Inform your doctor before using it if:
- You now have or previously had liver or kidney issues.
- You consume alcohol (including wine and beer).
- You’re ill.
- You wish to vary your usual exercise or nutrition pattern, exercise more than you often do, or both.
- You are expecting a child, or you intend to have a child.
- There are more than two time zones that you are crossing.
- Take other prescription drugs (s).
Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges Side effects
Common adverse effects may include:
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Injection site irritation
Less common adverse effects may include:
- Hypokalemia
- Lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy)
- Anaphylaxis
Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges most common side effect is hypoglycemia, which is low blood sugar.
Symptoms of low blood sugar include
- headache
- hunger
- fast heartbeats
- nausea
- dizziness
- weakness
- blurred vision
- drowsiness
- tremor
- sweating
- confusion
- trouble concentrating
- seizure (convulsions)
Patients commonly experience injection site irritation, including redness, itching, and swelling. In a few days to a few weeks, this settles typically. Nonetheless, this skin condition could result from other factors, such as impurities in a skin-cleansing product or an incorrect injection method.
Less common side effects may include hypokalemia, when there are dangerously low levels of potassium (K+) in the blood, and lipodystrophy, which is a disorder of fat production, specifically lipoatrophy, the localized loss of fat tissue. Serious side effects may include anaphylaxis (a severe allergic reaction) and other hypersensitivity or allergic reactions.
Remember that regular physical exercise is crucial to treating diabetes or managing prediabetes, along with your diet planning, weight management, and medications. Because your cells become more responsive to insulin while you are active, your blood glucose, also known as blood sugar, can be lowered more successfully. Take your medications regularly and follow up with your healthcare specialist.
You can see all our Humalog products here including Insulin Humalog Mix 75/25 Cartridges. There are several other kinds of pens including – Adlyxin Prefilled Pens Injection (Lixisenatide, Refrigerate), Humulin Insulin N KwikPens, Xultophy Pen.
