NovoLIN 70/30 Injectable Suspension

Generic Name: HUMAN INSULIN
Brand Name: Novolin 70/30
  • Substance Name(s):
  • INSULIN HUMAN

WARNINGS

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

Talk to your healthcare provider if you have any questions.

Your healthcare provider should show you how to inject Novolin 70/30 before you start taking it.

Follow your healthcare provider’s instructions to make changes to your insulin dose.

Read the instructions for use that come with your Novolin 70/30 product.

® ® • Take Novolin 70/30 exactly as prescribed.

® The effects of Novolin 70/30 start working ½ hour after injection.

• Novolin 70/30 is an intermediate-acting insulin.

® ® The greatest blood sugar lowering effect is between 2 and 12 hours after the injection.

This blood sugar lowering may last up to 24 hours.

• , any change of insulin should be made cautiously and only under medical supervision.

Doses of oral anti-diabetic medicines may also need to change, if your insulin is changed.

• While using Novolin 70/30 ® with any insulins.

• Do not mix Novolin 70/30 ® Novolin 70/30 may affect your blood sugar levels sooner if you inject it into the skin of your stomach area.

• Inject Novolin 70/30 into the skin of your stomach area, upper arms, buttocks or upper legs.

® ® Never inject Novolin 70/30 into a vein or into a muscle.

® • Change (rotate) your injection site within the chosen area (for example, stomach or upper arm) with each dose.

Do not inject into the same spot for each injection.

You can treat mild low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) by drinking or eating something sugary right away (fruit juice, sugar candies, or glucose tablets).

It is important to treat low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) right away because it could get worse and you could pass out (become unconscious).

If you pass out, you will need help from another person or emergency medical services right away, and will need treatment with a glucagon injection or treatment at a hospital.

See “What are the possible side effects of Novolin 70/30?” for more information on low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

• If you take too much Novolin 70/30, your blood sugar may fall low (hypoglycemia).

® ® If high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) is not treated it can lead to diabetic ketoacidosis, which can lead to serious problems, like loss of consciousness (passing out), coma or even death.

Follow your healthcare provider’s instructions for treating high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and talk to your healthcare provider if high blood sugar is a problem for you.

Severe or continuing high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) requires prompt evaluation and treatment by your healthcare provider.

Know your symptoms of high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and diabetic ketoacidosis which may include: • If you forget to take your dose of Novolin 70/30, your blood sugar may go too high (hyperglycemia).

® increased thirst ∘ frequent urination and dehydration ∘ confusion or drowsiness ∘ loss of appetite ∘ fruity smell on breath ∘ high amounts of sugar and ketones in your urine ∘ nausea, vomiting (throwing up) or stomach pain ∘ a hard time breathing ∘ Ask your healthcare provider how often you should check your blood sugar levels for hypoglycemia (too low blood sugar) and hyperglycemia (too high blood sugar).

Check your blood sugar levels.

Your insulin dosage may need to change because of: illness • stress • other medicines you take • change in diet • change in physical activity or exercise • surgery • See the end of this patient information for instructions about preparing and giving the injection.

What should I avoid while using Novolin 70/30? ® Alcohol, including beer and wine, may affect your blood sugar when you take Novolin 70/30.

• Alcohol.

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You may have difficulty concentrating or reacting if you have low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

Be careful when you drive a car or operate machinery.

Ask your healthcare provider if it is alright to drive if you often have: • Driving and operating machinery low blood sugar ∘ decreased or no warning signs of low blood sugar ∘

INACTIVE INGREDIENTS

Novolin 70/30 ingredients include: ® Zinc chloride • Sodium hydroxide • Phenol • Disodium phosphate dihydrate • Metacresol • Glycerol • Hydrochloric acid • Protamine sulfate • Water for injections • All Novolin 70/30 vials are latex-free.

® Date of issue: March 9, 2013 Version: 6 Novolin and Novo Nordisk are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S.

® ® © 2005-2013 Novo Nordisk Manufactured by: Novo Nordisk A/S DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark For information about Novolin 70/30 contact: ® Novo Nordisk Inc.

800 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 Patient Instructions for Use Novolin 70/30 10 mL vial (100 Units/mL, U-100) ® Before starting, gather all of the supplies that you will need to use for preparing and giving your insulin injection.

Never re-use syringes and needles.

How should I use the Novolin 70/30 vial? Check to make sure that you have the correct type of insulin.

1.

Look at the vial and the insulin.

The insulin should be a cloudy or milky suspension.

The tamper-resistant cap should be in place before the first use.

If the cap had been removed before your first use of the vial, or if the precipitate (the white deposit at the bottom of the vial) has become lumpy or granular in appearance or has formed a deposit of solid particles on the wall of the vial, do not use it, and call Novo Nordisk at 1-800-727-6500.

2.

Wash your hands with soap and water.

If you clean your injection site with an alcohol swab, let the injection site dry before you inject.

Talk with your healthcare provider about how to rotate injection sites and how to give an injection.

3.

If you are using a new vial, pull off the tamper-resistant cap.

Wipe the rubber stopper with an alcohol swab.

4.

Roll the vial gently 10 times in your hands to mix it.

This procedure should be carried out with the vial in a horizontal position.

The rolling procedure must be repeated until the suspension appears uniformly white and cloudy.

Shaking right before the dose is drawn into the syringe may cause bubbles or froth, which could cause you to draw up the wrong dose of insulin.

5.

Pull back the plunger on the syringe until the black tip reaches the marking for the number of units you will inject.

6.

Push the needle through the rubber stopper of the vial, and push the plunger all the way in to force air into the vial.

7.

Turn the vial and syringe upside down and slowly pull the plunger back to a few units beyond the correct dose.

8.

If there are any air bubbles, tap the syringe gently with your finger to raise the air bubbles to the top.

Then slowly push the plunger to the marking for your correct dose.

This process should move any air bubbles present in the syringe back into the vial.

9.

Check to make sure you have the right dose of Novolin 70/30 in the syringe.

10.

Pull the syringe with needle out of the vial’s rubber stopper.

11.

Your doctor should tell you if you need to pinch the skin before inserting the needle.

This can vary from patient to patient so it is important to ask your doctor if you did not receive instructions on pinching the skin.

Insert the needle into the skin.

Press the plunger of the syringe to inject the insulin.

When you are finished injecting the insulin, pull the needle out of your skin.

You may see a drop of Novolin 70/30 at the needle tip.

This is normal and has no effect on the dose you just received.

If you see blood after you take the needle out of your skin, press the injection site lightly with a piece of gauze or an alcohol wipe.

12.

Do not rub the area.

After your injection, do not recap the needle.

Place used syringes, needles and used insulin vials in a disposable puncture-resistant sharps container, or some type of hard plastic or metal container with a screw on cap such as a detergent bottle or coffee can.

13.

Ask your healthcare provider about the right way to throw away used syringes and needles.

There may be state or local laws about the right way to throw away used syringes and needles.

Do not throw away used needles and syringes in household trash or recycle.

14.

PURPOSE

Important: Do not change the type of insulin you use unless told to do so by your healthcare provider.

The amount of insulin you take as well as the best time for you to take your insulin may need to change if you take a different type of insulin.

Know your insulin.

Make sure that you know the type and strength of insulin that is prescribed for you.

Read the Patient Information leaflet that comes with Novolin 70/30 before you start taking it and each time you get a refill.

There may be new information.

This leaflet does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your diabetes or your treatment.

Make sure you know how to manage your diabetes.

Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions about managing your diabetes.

® What is Novolin 70/30? ® Novolin 70/30 is a man-made insulin (recombinant DNA origin) which is a mixture of 70% NPH, Human Insulin Isophane Suspension and 30% Regular, Human Insulin Injection that is structurally identical to the insulin produced by the human pancreas that is used to control high blood sugar in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

How should I take Novolin 70/30? ® Only use Novolin 70/30 if it appears cloudy or milky.

There may be air bubbles.

This is normal.

If the precipitate (the white deposit at the bottom of the vial) has become lumpy or granular in appearance or has formed a deposit of solid particles on the wall of the vial, do not use it, and call Novo Nordisk at 1-800-727-6500.

This insulin should not be used if the liquid in the vial remains clear after the vial has been gently rotated.

® Novolin 70/30 comes in: ® 10 mL vials (small bottles) for use with syringe •

DO NOT USE

Who should not use Novolin 70/30? ® Do not take Novolin 70/30 if: ® Your blood sugar is too low (hypoglycemia).

• You are allergic to anything in Novolin 70/30.

See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in Novolin 70/30.

Check with your healthcare provider if you are not sure.

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ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

Novolin 70/30 ingredients include: ® 70% NPH, Human Insulin Isophane Suspension and 30% Regular, Human Insulin Injection (recombinant DNA origin) •

ASK DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST

ASK YOUR DOCTOR Tell your healthcare provider: Medical conditions can affect your insulin needs and your dose of Novolin 70/30.

• about all of your medical conditions.

® You and your healthcare provider should talk about the best way to manage your diabetes while you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Novolin 70/30 has not been studied in pregnant or nursing women.

• if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

® including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements.

Many medicines can affect your blood sugar levels and your insulin needs.

Your Novolin 70/30 dose may need to change if you take other medicines.

• about all of the medicines you take, ® • if you take any other medicines, especially ones commonly called TZDs (thiazolidinediones).

If you have heart failure, it may get worse while you take TZDs with Novolin 70/30.

• if you have heart failure or other heart problems.

® Keep a list of your medicines with you to show all your healthcare providers when you get a new medicine.

Know the medicines you take.