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Insulin |
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Drug
Name |
Dose
Administration |
Available
Preparations |
Storage
Considerations |
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Rapid Acting |
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Admelog (Insulin Lispro) |
· Administer dose 15 minutes before meal or immediately after · SoloStar: Max 80 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL SoloStar pen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial and Pen: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Humalog (Insulin Lispro) |
· Administer dose 15 minutes before meal or immediately after · KwikPen U-100/KwikPen U-200: Max 60 units/single injection · Junior KwikPen U-100: Max 30 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL via (10mL) - 100 units/mL KwikPen/Junior KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens - 200 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 2 pens |
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Fiasp (Insulin Aspart) |
· Administer at beginning of meal or within 20 minutes after starting a meal · FlexTouch: Max 80 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL FlexTouch pen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
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Novolog (Insulin Aspart) |
· Administer 5-10 minutes before a meal · FlexPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL FlexPen (3mL) - comes as a 1 box of 5 pens |
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Short Acting (Regular) |
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Humulin R |
· Administer 30 minutes before a meal |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL vial (3mL) |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 31 days |
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Humulin R U-500 |
· Administer 30 minutes before a meal · KwikPen: Max 300 units/single injection. Each marking represents 5 units of insulin |
- 500 units/mL vial (20mL) - 500 units/mL vial KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 2 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 40 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Novolin R |
· Administer 30 minutes before a meal |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 42 days |
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Intermediate Acting (NPH) |
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Humulin N |
· Various doses 1-2 times daily · KwikPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL vial (3mL) - 100 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 31 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 14 days |
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Novolin N |
· Various doses 1-2 times daily |
-100 units/mL vial (10mL) |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 42 days |
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Long Acting |
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Basaglar (Insulin Glargine) |
· Dose once daily at any time of day · KwikPen: Max 80 units/single injection |
-100 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Pen: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Lantus (Insulin Glargine) |
· Dose once daily at any time of day · SoloStar: Max 80 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL (10mL) - 100 units/mL SoloStar (3mL) -comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial and Pen: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Levemir (Insulin Determir) |
· Dose once daily with evening meal or twice daily (12 hours apart) · FlexTouch: Max 80 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL (10mL) - 100 units/mL FlexTouch (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial and Pen: Room temp and/or opened 42 days |
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Toujeo (Insulin Glargine; 300 units/mL) |
· Dose once daily at any time of day · SoloStar: Max 80 units/single injection · Max SoloStar: Max 160 units/single injections. Each marking represents 2 units of insulin |
- 300 units/mL SoloStar (1.5mL) - comes as 1 box of 3 pens - 300 units/mL Max SoloStar (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 2 pens |
Pen: Room temp and/or opened 42 days |
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Ultra-Long Acting |
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Tresiba (Insulin Degludec) |
· Dose once daily at any time of day · FlexTouch (U-100): Max 80 units/single injection · FlexTouch (U-200): Max 160 units/single injection. Each marking represents 2 units of insulin |
- 100 units/mL FlexTouch (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens - 200 units/mL FlexTouch (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 3 pens |
Pen: Room temp and/or opened 56 days |
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Mixed Insulin |
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NovoLog Mix 70/30 (70% Aspart Protamine/30% Aspart) |
· Administer dose 15 minutes before meal or within 15 of starting a meal. Usually given twice daily · FlexPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL FlexPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 14 days |
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Humalog Mix 75/25 (75% Lispro Protamine/25% Lispro) |
· Administer dose 15 minutes before meal. Usually given once to twice daily · KwikPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) -comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 10 days |
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Humalog Mix 50/50 (50% Lispro Protamine/50% Lispro) |
· Administer dose 15 minutes before meal. Usually given once to twice daily. · KwikPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 28 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 10 days |
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Humulin Mix 70/30 (70% NPH/30% Regular) |
· Administer dose 30-45 minutes before meal. Usually given once to twice daily · KwikPen: Max 60 units/single injection |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) - 100 units/mL vial (3mL) - 100 units/mL KwikPen (3mL) - comes as 1 box of 5 pens |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 31 days |
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Pen: Room temp and/or opened 10 days |
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Novolin 70/30 (70% NPH/30% Regular) |
· Administer dose 30-45 minutes before meal. Usually given once to twice daily |
- 100 units/mL vial (10mL) |
Vial: Room temp and/or opened 42 days |
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All drug information reported from individual monographs on Lexicomp Online, Hudson Ohio: Wolters Kluwer; September 2018 |
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