• Ask your doctor or pharmacist to show you, family, or caregivers who could be injecting the medication how to use and prepare glucagon injection. (nih.gov)
  • Before a friend or family member uses glucagon injection for the first time, read the patient information that comes with it. (nih.gov)
  • Following a glucagon injection, an unconscious person with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) will usually wake within 15 minutes. (nih.gov)
  • If the person does not awaken within 15 minutes after an injection, give one more dose of glucagon. (nih.gov)
  • Do not use glucagon injection if it is cloudy, contains particles, or if the expiration date has passed. (nih.gov)
  • If you have low blood sugar often, keep glucagon injection with you at all times. (nih.gov)
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to glucagon, lactose, any other medications, beef or pork products, or any of the ingredients in glucagon injection. (nih.gov)
  • tell your doctor if you have pheochromocytoma (tumor on a small gland near the kidneys) or insulinoma (pancreatic tumors), Your doctor will probably tell you not to use glucagon injection. (nih.gov)
  • If you have severe hypoglycemia and cannot eat or drink, use an injection of glucagon. (metodosanticonceptivos.online)
  • Your doctor can give you a prescription for a glucagon emergency injection kit and tell you how to give the injection. (metodosanticonceptivos.online)
  • Your doctor can prescribe a glucagon emergency injection kit to use in case you have severe hypoglycemia and cannot eat or drink. (indianpharma.co)
  • Glucagon is used along with emergency medical treatment to treat very low blood sugar. (nih.gov)
  • Once the glucagon has been given, immediately contact a doctor and get emergency medical treatment. (nih.gov)