What is U 300 insulin?
U300 insulin glargine is a concentrated insulin product that contains 300 units/mL of insulin glargine. This concentrated glargine product has a longer duration of action when compared with U100 insulin glargine (Lantus®). U300 insulin glargine is commercially available in disposable prefilled pens only [1].
What is the difference between glargine 100 and 300?
The new glargine-300 formulation was developed to have a flatter and more extended time-action profile than the original glargine-100, and these characteristics may translate into more stable and sustained glycemic control over a 24 h dosing interval.
Is Semglee equivalent to Lantus?
Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is both biosimilar to, and interchangeable with (can be substituted for), its reference product Lantus (insulin glargine), a long-acting insulin analog. Semglee (insulin glargine-yfgn) is the first interchangeable biosimilar product approved in the U.S. for the treatment of diabetes.
What is the difference between U-100 and U-200 insulin?
How is the new Humalog U-200 different? Although the Humalog U-200 KwikPen has the same active ingredient as Humalog 100 units/mL, the difference is in the strength. Humalog U-200 KwikPen has 200 units/mL, while the other Humalog pens and vials have 100 units/mL.
What is the difference between insulin U-500 and insulin U-100?
U-500 is 5 times more concentrated than standard U-100 insulin. When insulin is concentrated, it takes less liquid per dose than standard U-100 insulin to help reduce your blood sugar levels. With U-500, you can inject up to 80% less liquid and still get the dose you need.
What is carb to insulin ratio?
The insulin-to-carb ratio means you will take 1 unit of insulin for a certain amount of carbohydrate. For example, if your insulin-to-carb ratio is 1 unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbohydrate (written 1:10), you will take 1 unit of insulin for every 10 grams of carbohydrate you eat.
How many mL is 300 units of insulin?
Insulin vials have U-100 insulin. That means there are 100 units of insulin in each milliliter (mL) of insulin. Humalog® insulin comes in 3 mL (300 units) vials or 10 mL (1000 units) vials.
Is there a generic basal insulin?
Semglee, which was approved last year as a new basal insulin for adults and children with type 1 diabetes and adults with type 2 diabetes, has now been designated by the FDA as an “interchangeable biosimilar” insulin to Lantus (insulin glargine).
What is a generic for Lantus?
Lantus generic It doesn’t currently have a generic form. A generic drug is an exact copy of the active drug in a brand-name medication. Lantus contains the active drug insulin glargine. Although there isn’t a generic form of Lantus, a “follow-on” insulin glargine product called Basaglar is available.
Is glargine long-acting?
Insulin glargine is a long-acting, manmade version of human insulin. Insulin glargine products work by replacing the insulin that is normally produced by the body and by helping move sugar from the blood into other body tissues where it is used for energy.