Generic name: glucagon (injection) [ GLOO-ka-gon ]
Brand name: Glucagon Emergency Kit for Low Blood Sugar
Drug class:Glucose elevating agents
What is glucagon?
Glucagon is a hormone that increases blood sugar levels. It also slows involuntary muscle movements of the stomach and intestines that aid in digestion.
Glucagon is a prescription medicine used to treat very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
Glucagon is also used to stop stomach movement during radiologic (x-ray) examinations undertaken to diagnose certain disorders of the stomach or intestines.
Glucagon is available as an auto-injector, prefilled syringe, or injection vial.
Warnings
Glucagon should be used to treat hypoglycemia only if the person cannot eat, passes out, or is having a seizure. Be sure you know how to give a glucagon injection before you need to use it. Hypoglycemia should be treated as quickly as possible. Having low blood sugar for too long can cause seizure, coma, or death.
You should not use glucagon injection if you are allergic to glucagon or lactose, or if you have a tumor of the pancreas (insulinoma) or adrenal gland (pheochromocytoma).
Avoid driving and doing other tasks or actions that call for you to be alert until you have eaten sugar or a product that has sugar in it like a regular soft drink or fruit juice. Avoid these tasks or actions until you feel fully alert.
Low blood sugar can happen with this medicine (glucagon auto-injectors and prefilled syringes) in people who have certain types of pancreas tumors (glucagonoma, insulinoma). Very low blood sugar can lead to seizures, confusion, passing out, and sometimes death. If signs of low blood sugar happen after using this glucagon, ...
