Pramlintide
Generic name: pramlintide [ PRAM-lin-tide ]
Brand names: SymlinPen 120, SymlinPen 60, Symlin
Dosage form: subcutaneous solution (1000 mcg/mL)
Drug class:Amylin analogs
What is pramlintide?
Pramlintide is a man-made form of a hormone that occurs naturally in the body. Pramlintide lowers blood sugar in three ways. It slows the rate that food moves from your stomach to your intestines, which keeps your blood sugar from rising too fast. Pramlintide also lowers the amount of glucose (sugar) your liver produces. Lastly, pramlintide triggers the feeling of fullness after meals to help control your appetite and decrease how much food you eat.
Pramlintide is used together with insulin to treat type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Pramlintide is usually given after other diabetes medicines have been tried without success.
Pramlintide may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
You should not use pramlintide if you have a digestive condition called "delayed gastric emptying."
You should not use pramlintide if you cannot recognize symptoms of low blood sugar. Severely low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) may occur within 3 hours after your pramlintide injection. Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, drowsiness, vision problems, hunger, weakness, sweating, confusion, irritability, fast heart rate, or feeling jittery.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to pramlintide or metacresol, or:
if you have a digestive condition called "delayed gastric emptying"; or
if you cannot recognize symptoms of low blood sugar.
To make sure pramlintide is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
a history of delayed gastric emptying;
problems with vision (blindness, trouble reading);
if you are unable to check your blood sugars regularly; or
if you have had severe hypoglycemia more than once in the past 6 months.
It is not known whether pramlintide will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medicine.
It is not known whether pramlintide passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Pramlintide should not be used in children.
