GlucaGen Hypokit Caution For Usage

Incompatibilities: There are no known incompatibilities with GlucaGen.
Special precautions for disposal and other handling: Reconstitution: The reconstituted solution appears clear and colourless and forms an injection of 1 mg (1 IU) per ml to be administered subcutaneously, intramuscularly or intravenously (injection).
Preparing and giving the injection: 1. Remove the plastic cap from the vial. Pull the needle cover off the syringe. Do not remove the plastic back-stop from the syringe. Insert the needle through the rubber stopper (within the marked circle) of the vial containing GlucaGen and inject all the liquid from the syringe into the vial.
2. Without taking the needle out of the vial, gently shake the vial until GlucaGen has completely dissolved, and the solution is clear.
3. Make sure the plunger is completely down. While keeping the needle in the liquid, slowly withdraw all the solution back into the syringe. Do not pull the plunger out of the syringe.
It is important to remove any air bubbles from the syringe: With the needle pointing upwards, tap the syringe with a finger; Push the plunger slightly to release any air that has collected at the top of the syringe.
Continue to push the plunger until the patient has the correct dose for injection. A small amount of liquid will be pushed out when the patient does this.
See "How much to use", as follows.
4. Inject the dose under the skin or into a muscle.
5. Turn the unconscious person on their side to prevent choking.
6. Give the person a high sugar snack like sweets, biscuits or fruit juice as soon as he or she regains consciousness and is able to swallow. The high sugar snack will stop the low blood sugar happening again.
After using GlucaGen HypoKit, the patient or someone else must be advised to contact a doctor or a healthcare provider. The patient needs to find out why he/she had very low blood sugar and how to avoid it happening again.
How much to use: The recommended dose for severe hypoglycaemia is: Adults: inject all of the medicine (1 ml) - this is marked as '1' on the syringe.
Children younger than 8 years or children older than 8 years who weigh less than 25 kg: inject half of the medicine (0.5 ml) - this is marked as '0.5' on the syringe.
Children older than 8 years or children younger than 8 years who weigh more than 25 kg: inject all of the medicine (1 ml) - this is marked as '1' on the syringe.
Diagnostic procedure: Note that a syringe with a thinner needle and a finer graduation may be more suitable for use in diagnostic procedures.
Any unused medicinal product or waste material should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.