Generic name:insulin glargine and lixisenatide [ IN-soo-lin-GLAR-jeen-and-LIX-i-SEN-a-tide ]
Drug class:Antidiabetic combinations
What is Soliqua 100/33?
Soliqua 100/33 contains a combination of insulin glargine and lixisenatide. Insulin is a hormone that works by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Insulin glargine is a long-acting insulin that starts to work several hours after injection and keeps working evenly for 24 hours. Lixisenatide is a diabetes medicine that helps your pancreas produce insulin more efficiently.
Soliqua 100/33 is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Soliqua 100/33 is not for treating type 1 diabetes.
Warnings
Stop using Soliqua and call your doctor at once if you have nausea and vomiting with severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back.
Never share an injection pen or syringe with another person, even if the needle has been changed.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Soliqua is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have every had:if you are allergic to insulin or lixisenatide, or if:
you are having an episode of low blood sugar;
you also use a short-acting mealtime insulin; or
you also use lixisenatide (Adlyxin) or a medicine like lixisenatide (albiglutide, dulaglutide,
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