Insulindrug info
insulin isophane, human 70 UNT/ML / insulin, regular, human 30 UNT/ML Injectable Suspension [Novolin]
What it is used for
NOVOLIN 70/30 is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.
Limitations of Use: In NOVOLIN 70/30, the proportions of short-acting and intermediate-acting insulins are fixed and do not allow for basal versus prandial dose adjustments. NOVOLIN 70/30 is a mixture of human insulin isophane, an intermediate-acting human insulin, and human insulin, a short-acting human insulin, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective November 23, 2022. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Insulin human is produced by recombinant DNA technology, utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast) as the production organism. The amino acid sequence of insulin human is identical to human insulin and has the empirical formula C 257 H 383 N 65 O 77 S 6 and a molecular weight of 5808 Da. NOVOLIN 70/30 (insulin isophane human and insulin human) injectable suspension is a mixture of 70% of insulin isophane human, an intermediate-acting insulin, and 30% of insulin human, a short-acting insulin. NOVOLIN 70/30 is a suspension of crystals produced from combining insulin human and protamine sulfate under appropriate conditions for crystal formation and mixing with insulin human injection.
Figure 1: Structural formula of human insulin NOVOLIN 70/30 is a sterile, white and cloudy injectable suspension that contains insulin isophane human suspension (NPH) and insulin human injection (regular) for subcutaneous use. Each milliliter of NOVOLIN 70/30 contains 100 units of insulin human, dibasic sodium phosphate (1.9 mg), glycerin (16 mg), metacresol (1.5 mg), phenol (0.65 mg), protamine sulfate (approximately 0.25 mg), zinc (20.5 mcg/mL for the vial or 30.1 mcg for the FlexPen), and Water for Injection. Hydrochloric acid 2N and sodium hydroxide 2N may be added during manufacture to adjust the pH. The pH is 7.1-7.5. Structural formula of human insulin
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective November 23, 2022. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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