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• Insulin aspart is a fast-acting insulin that begins to work very quickly. After using it, you must ate a meal within 5 to 10 minutes.
• Take care to hold your blood sugar from getting too low, causing hypoglycemia. Symptoms of low blood sugar may include headache, nausea, famine, confusion, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, blurred vision, quick heartbeat, sweating, tremor, or trouble concentrating. Carry a piece of non-dietetic heavy candy or glucose tablets with you in case you have low blood sugar. Also be certain your family and close friends know how to help you in an emergency.
• Also watch for signs of blood sugar that is too tall (hyperglycemia). These symptoms include heighten thirst, loss of appetite, fruity breath odor, heighten urination, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, dry skin, and dry mouth. Check your blood sugar levels and ask your doctor how to adjust your insulin doses if needed.
• Never share an injection pen or cartridge with other face. Sharing injection pens or cartridges can let malady such as hepatitis or HIV to pass from one face to another.
• Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the body. It works by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Insulin aspart is a fast-acting form of insulin.
• Insulin aspart is used to treat type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in adults and children who are at least 2 years old. Insulin aspart is generally given together with other long-acting insulin.
• Insulin aspart may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to insulin, or if you are having an episode of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
• Till using insulin aspart, speak your doctor if you have liver or kidney disease.
• Speak your doctor about all another medications you use, including any oral (taken by mouth) diabetes medications.
• Insulin aspart is only part of a complete program of treatment that may also include diet, exercice, weight control, foot care, eye care, dental care, and testing your blood sugar. Follow your diet, medicine, and exercice routines very closely. Changing any of these factors can affect your blood sugar levels.
• Your doctor will need to check your progress on a regular basis. Do not miss any scheduled appointments.
• FDA pregnancy category B. This medicine is not expected to be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether insulin aspart passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use this medicine exactly as it was predesigned for you. Do not use it in larger amounts or for longer than recommended by your doctor. Follow the directions on your prescription label.
• Insulin aspart is given as an injection (shot) under your skin, using a needle and syringe or an insulin exhaust. Your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist will give you specific instructions on how and where to inject this medication. Do not self-inject this medication if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• Insulin aspart is a fast-acting medicine that begins to work very quickly. After using insulin aspart, you must ate a meal within 5 to 10 minutes.
• Insulin aspart must be thin, clear, and colorless. Do not use the medicine if it looks cloudy, has changed colors, or has any particles in it. Call your doctor for a new prescription.
• Choose a various seat in your injection skin area every time you use this medicine. Do not inject into the same seat two times in a row.
• If you use this medicine with an insulin exhaust, do not mix or dilute insulin aspart with any another insulin. Call your doctor at once if you think your infusion exhaust is not working properly.
• Use every disposable needle only one time. Throw away used needles in a puncture-proof container (ask your pharmacist where you can get one and how to dispose of it). Hold this container out of the reach of children and pets.
• Some insulin needles can be used more than once, depending on needle brand and type. But a reused needle should be properly cleaned, recapped, and inspected for bending or breakage. Reusing needles also increases your risk of infection. Ask your doctor or pharmacist whether you are able to reuse your insulin needles.
• Infusion exhaust tubing, catheters, and the needle location on your skin must be changed each 48 hours. Throw away any medicine leftover in the reservoir.
• Never share an injection pen or cartridge with other face. Sharing injection pens or cartridges can let malady such as hepatitis or HIV to pass from one face to another.
• Check your blood sugar carefully during a time of stress or diseases, if you travel, exercice more than normal, or skip meals. These things can affect your glucose levels and your insulin doze needs may also change.
• Watch for signs of blood sugar that is too tall (hyperglycemia). These symptoms include heighten thirst, loss of appetite, fruity breath odor, heighten urination, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, dry skin, and dry mouth. Check your blood sugar levels and ask your doctor how to adjust your insulin doses if needed.
• Ask your doctor how to adjust your insulin aspart doze if needed. Do not change your doze without first talking to your doctor.
• Carry an ID card or wear a medical alert bracelet stating that you have diabetes, in case of abnormal. Any doctor, dentist, or abnormal medical care provider who treats you must know that you are diabetic.
• Storing unopened vials, cartridges, or injection pens: Hold in the carton and store in a refrigerator, protected from easy. Throw away any insulin not used till the expiration date on the medication label.
• Unopened vials, cartridges, or injection pens may also be stored at room temperature for up to 28 days, away from heat and bright easy. Throw away any insulin not used within 28 days.
• Storing after your first use: Hold the "in-use" vials, cartridges, or injection pens at room temperature and use within 28 days. Do not refrigerate.
• Do not freeze insulin aspart, and throw away the medicine if it has become frozen.
• Since insulin aspart is used till meals, you may not be on a timed dosing schedule. Whenever you use insulin aspart, be certain to ate a meal within 5 to 10 minutes. Do not use extra insulin aspart to create up a missed dose.
• It is significant to hold insulin aspart on arm at all times. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medication. An insulin overdose can reason life-threatening hypoglycemia.
• Symptoms of severe hypoglycemia include extreme weakness, blurred vision, sweating, trouble speaking, tremors, stomach pain, confusion, seizure (convulsions), or coma.
• Do not change the brand of insulin aspart or syringe you are using without first talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
• Avoid drinking alcohol. Your blood sugar may become dangerously low if you drink alcohol while using insulin aspart.
• Do not expose insulin aspart to tall heat. Throw the medicine away if it becomes hotter than 98 degrees F.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of insulin allergy: itching skin rash over the entire body, wheezing, trouble breathing, quick heart course, sweating, or feeling like you might pass out.
• Call your doctor if you have a serious side effect such as:
· swelling in your hands or foots; or
· low potassium (confusion, uneven heart course, extreme thirst, heighten urination, leg discomfort, muscle weakness or limp feeling).
• Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is the most general side effect of insulin aspart. Symptoms of low blood sugar may include headache, nausea, famine, confusion, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, blurred vision, quick heartbeat, sweating, tremor, trouble concentrating, confusion, or seizure (convulsions). Watch for signs of low blood sugar. Carry a piece of non-dietetic heavy candy or glucose tablets with you in case you have low blood sugar.
• Insulin aspart can also reason hypokalemia (low potassium levels in the blood). Call your doctor at once if you have symptoms such as dry mouth, heighten thirst, heighten urination, uneven heartbeats, muscle pain or weakness, leg pain or discomfort, or confusion.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Using determined medicines can create it harder for you to speak when you have low blood sugar. Speak your doctor if you use any of the following:
· albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin);
· clonidine (Catapres);
· reserpine;
· guanethidine (Ismelin); or
· a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin), bisoprolol (Zebeta), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), nadolol (Corgard), propranolol (Inderal, InnoPran), timolol (Blocadren), and others.
• There are much another medicines that can magnify or decrease the effects of insulin aspart on lowering your blood sugar. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor. Hold a list with you of all the medicines you use and show this list to any doctor or another healthcare provider who treats you.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about insulin aspart.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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