Soliqua Solostar Pens 100u/33mcg/ml 5x3ml
$290.99
Description
What are Soliqua Solostar Pens?
Soliqua Solostar Pens are injectable diabetes medicines that contain insulin glargine and lixisenatide. The composition of insulin glargine and lixisenatide helps improve blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Use Soliqua Solostar Pens with proper diet and regular exercise.
What is it used for?
Soliqua Solostar Pens are used for the subcutaneous injection of insulin glargine and lixisenatide for the management of blood sugar levels. Insulin glargine is a type of long-acting human insulin analog that starts working several hours after injection. Meanwhile, lixisenatide is an antidiabetic agent that assists the pancreas in producing more insulin effectively.
Soliqua side effects
Common side effects:
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Headache
- Stuffy nose
- Sore throat
Severe side effects:
- Pancreatitis
- Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- Shortness of breath
- Rapid weight gain
- Irregular heartbeats
- Muscle weakness
How to use this medication?
Use Soliqua Solostar Pens as prescribed by your healthcare professional. Follow all the instructions provided on the prescription label to ensure an efficient and smooth diabetes treatment.
Inject Soliqua under the skin. Follow this method one hour before your first meal of the day. If it is your first time using a Solostar Pen, your healthcare professional will teach you how to use this device properly.
Avoid sharing a Soliqua Solostar Pen with other diabetes patients. Sharing any of these pens can put you at risk for different infections and diseases.
Dosage
Administer Soliqua 100u/33mcg subcutaneously once per day within the hour before your first meal of the day. The recommended starting dosage is 15 units once daily.
For the maintenance dose, administer 15 to 60 units per day. If a maximum dosage is required, inject insulin glargine 60 units/lixisenatide 20 mcg once per day.
Warnings and Precautions
Do not use Soliqua Solostar Pen if you are allergic to it. To ensure this medication is safe for you, tell your healthcare professional if you have a history of the following:
- Alcoholism
- Heart attack
- Liver disease
- Kidney disease
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Pancreatitis
- Reviews
- Questions
USSoliqua Works Fine But Requires Larger Doses Than Previous Medications
Soliqua's Lantus works fine for the insulin portion of the combination, but the Lixisenatide portion, in my experience, does not suppress hunger as advertised -- at least in me. I switched from Humulin N Kwikpens and Ozempic at my doctor's suggestion to save money. Ozempic works great to reduce hunger and curbs my appetite all day. Soliqua does not curb my appetite. Big difference.
USSoliqua 100/33
The Soliqua pens are very easy to use. Previously, I used Humulin N Qwik Pens daily and Ozempic weekly. Soliqua consists of 100 mL of glargine (long-acting) insulin and 33 mL of Lixisenatide, an incretin mimetic [glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist], that stimulates the pancreas to secrete insulin when blood sugar levels are high and also slows the emptying of the stomach and causes a decrease in appetite. Together, they work almost exactly like my former medications at a lesser cost. So far, so good. The only issue was making the transition from giving myself evening injections of Humulin N to daily morning injections of Soliqua, but I've managed to make the transition fairly painlessly.
