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What is the most important information I should know about insulin aspart?
• Know the signs and symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), whichinclude headache, drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, sweating,tremor, and nausea easy diabetic recipes. Carry a piece of candy or glucose tablets with you to treatepisodes of low blood sugar easy diabetic recipes.
• Follow any diet and exercise plan that you have developed with your doctoror nurse easy diabetic recipes. Changes in what you eat or how much you exercise can change the amountof insulin that you need to control blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes.
• Ask your doctor or nurse what to do if you are sick with a cold, flu,or fever easy diabetic recipes. These illnesses may change your insulin requirements easy diabetic recipes.
• Insulin aspart differs from regular human insulin by how quickly it beginsto work and the amount of time it continues to be effective easy diabetic recipes. Because insulinaspart begins to work soon after it is injected, the injection of insulin aspartshould immediately be followed by a meal easy diabetic recipes. Because of the short amount of timethat insulin aspart continues to be effective, a longer-acting insulin may alsobe required easy diabetic recipes.
• Do not change the brand of insulin aspart or syringe that you are usingwithout first talking to your doctor or pharmacist easy diabetic recipes. Some brands of insulin aspartand syringes are interchangeable, while others are not easy diabetic recipes. Your doctor and/or pharmacistknow which brands can be substituted for one another easy diabetic recipes.
What is insulin aspart?
• Insulin is a hormone naturally produced by the pancreas easy diabetic recipes. Insulin enablesthe body to use the sugar in food as a source of energy easy diabetic recipes. When the body doesnot produce enough insulin, or when the insulin produced by the body is noteffective enough, the condition is called diabetes mellitus easy diabetic recipes. This conditionallows sugar levels in the blood to become very high easy diabetic recipes. Diabetics must use man-madeinsulin or insulin that comes from pigs (which is very similar to human insulin)to lower these high blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes.
• There are three types of insulin, which differ in how soon they beginto work and how long their effects last easy diabetic recipes. Insulin aspart is one type of insulinthat begins to work very quickly and its effects that last for approximately3 to 5 hours easy diabetic recipes. Insulin aspart is usually used in combination with another longer-actinginsulin easy diabetic recipes.
• Insulin aspart may also be used for purposes other than those listedin this medication guide easy diabetic recipes.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before using insulin aspart?
• Do not use insulin aspart if you are allergic to insulin or if you havean intolerance of a certain insulin aspart product easy diabetic recipes.
• Before using insulin aspart, tell your doctor if you have kidney or liverdisease easy diabetic recipes. You may require a dosage adjustment or special monitoring during treatment easy diabetic recipes.
• Insulin aspart is in the FDA pregnancy category C easy diabetic recipes. This means that itis not known whether it will be harmful to an unborn baby easy diabetic recipes. Do not use this medicationwithout first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant or could become pregnantduring treatment easy diabetic recipes.
• It is not known whether insulin aspart passes into breast milk easy diabetic recipes. Do notuse this medication without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feedinga baby easy diabetic recipes.
How should I use insulin aspart?
• Use insulin aspart exactly as directed by your doctor easy diabetic recipes. If you do notunderstand these instructions, ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist to explainthem to you easy diabetic recipes.
• Insulin aspart differs from regular human insulin by how quickly it beginsto work and the amount of time it continues to be effective easy diabetic recipes. Because insulinaspart begins to work soon after it is injected, the injection of insulin aspartshould immediately be followed by a meal easy diabetic recipes. Because of the short amount of timethat insulin aspart continues to be effective, a longer-acting insulin may alsobe required easy diabetic recipes.
• Insulin aspart is usually used immediately before a meal (a meal shouldbe started within 5 to 10 minutes after injecting the medication) easy diabetic recipes. Follow yourdoctor's instructions easy diabetic recipes.
• Rotate injection sites as directed by your doctor easy diabetic recipes. Usually, you shouldnot inject within 1 inch of the same site within 1 month easy diabetic recipes.
• Never reuse a needle or syringe easy diabetic recipes. The syringes used must not contain anyother medicinal product or residue easy diabetic recipes. Dispose of all needles and syringes in anappropriate, puncture-resistant disposal container easy diabetic recipes.
• Do not change the insulin strength (e.g., U-100) or insulin type (e.g.,aspart) unless your doctor recommends a change for you easy diabetic recipes.
• Do not change the brand of insulin aspart or syringe that you are usingwithout first talking to your doctor or pharmacist easy diabetic recipes. Some brands of insulin andsyringes are interchangeable, while others are not easy diabetic recipes. Your doctor and/or pharmacistknow which brands can be substituted for one another easy diabetic recipes.
• Follow any diet and exercise plan that you have developed with your doctoror nurse easy diabetic recipes. Changes in what you eat or how much you exercise can change the amountof insulin that you need to control blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes.
• Ask your doctor or nurse what to do if you are sick with a cold, flu,or fever easy diabetic recipes. These illnesses may change your insulin requirements easy diabetic recipes.
• Wear some type of medical identification bracelet, necklace, or otheralert tag to inform others that you have diabetes and that you require insulinin the case of an emergency easy diabetic recipes.
• To adequately control diabetes, proper foot care, eye care, dental care,and overall proper health care are necessary easy diabetic recipes. Visit your doctor, dentist, eyedoctor, and other heath care practitioners as recommended by your doctor easy diabetic recipes.
• Do not use any insulin that is discolored, looks thick, has particlesin it, or looks different from your previous bottles or cartridges of insulinaspart easy diabetic recipes.
• Store unopened bottles and cartridges of insulin aspart in the refrigeratorbetween 36 and 46 degrees Fahrenheit (2 and 8 degrees Celsius) easy diabetic recipes. Do not storeinsulin aspart in the freezer and do not allow it to freeze easy diabetic recipes. Do not use insulinaspart if it has been frozen easy diabetic recipes. Throw away any expired insulin aspart easy diabetic recipes.
• Vials or cartridges of insulin aspart in use can be kept unrefrigeratedat room temperature, below 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), for upto 28 days but should not be exposed to excessive heat or sunlight easy diabetic recipes.
What happens if I miss a dose?
• Follow your doctor's directions if you miss a dose of insulin easy diabetic recipes. To preventmissed doses, be sure to always have enough insulin on hand, especially if youare going on vacation easy diabetic recipes.
What happens if I overdose?
• Seek emergency medical attention easy diabetic recipes.
• Symptoms of an insulin overdose reflect very low blood sugar levels andinclude headache, irregular heartbeat, increased heart rate or pulse, sweating,tremor, nausea, increased hunger, and anxiety easy diabetic recipes.
What should I avoid while using insulin aspart?
• Do not use alcohol without first talking to your doctor easy diabetic recipes. It lowers bloodsugar, and you may experience dangerously low blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes.
• Follow any diet and exercise plan that you have developed with your doctoror nurse easy diabetic recipes. Changes in what you eat or how much you exercise can change the amountof insulin that you need to control blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes.
What are the possible side effects of insulin aspart?
• Rarely, people have allergic reactions to insulin easy diabetic recipes. Seek emergency medicalattention if you experience an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closingof your throat; swelling of your lips, tongue, or face; or hives) easy diabetic recipes.
• The side effects of insulin therapy result mostly from blood sugar levelsthat are either too high or too low easy diabetic recipes. You should be familiar with the symptomsof both high and low blood sugar levels and know how to treat both conditions easy diabetic recipes. Also, be sure your family and close friends know how to help you in an emergency easy diabetic recipes.
• Low blood sugar may occur when too much insulin is used; when meals aremissed or delayed; if you exercise more than usual; during illness, especiallywith vomiting or diarrhea; if you take other medications; after drinking alcohol;and in other situations easy diabetic recipes.
• Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, has the following symptoms: shaking,headache, cold sweats, pale, cool skin, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating easy diabetic recipes.
• Keep sugary candy; fruit juice; or glucose tablets on hand to treat episodesof low blood sugar easy diabetic recipes.
• Increased blood sugar may occur if not enough insulin is used, if youeat significantly more food then usual, if you exercise less than usual, ifyou take other medications, if you have a fever or other illness, and in othersituations easy diabetic recipes.
• Hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, has the following symptoms: increasedthirst, increased hunger, and increased urination easy diabetic recipes.
• Monitor your blood sugar levels and ask your doctor how to adjust yourinsulin doses if your blood sugar levels are too high easy diabetic recipes.
• Side effects may also occur at the site of injection easy diabetic recipes. If the area becomesthickened, hard, or pitted, talk to your doctor before injecting at that siteagain easy diabetic recipes.
• Side effects other than those listed here may also occur easy diabetic recipes. Talk to yourdoctor about any side effect that seems unusual or that is especially bothersome easy diabetic recipes.
What other drugs will affect insulin aspart?
• Many drugs can interact with insulin or affect blood sugar levels easy diabetic recipes. Donot take any other medicines, including prescription products or over-the-countermedicines or supplements, without first talking to your doctor or pharmacistduring treatment with insulin easy diabetic recipes.
Where can I get more information?
• Your pharmacist has additional information about insulin aspart writtenfor health professionals that you may read easy diabetic recipes.
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