Insulindrug info
3 ML insulin isophane, human 100 UNT/ML Pen Injector [Novolin N]
What it is used for
NOVOLIN N is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus. NOVOLIN N is an intermediate-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 isophane human is produced by recombinant DNA technology, utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker’s yeast) as the production organism. Insulin isophane human is a suspension of crystals produced from combining human insulin and protamine sulfate under appropriate conditions for crystal formation. The amino acid sequence of insulin isophane 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.
Figure 1: Structural formula of human insulin NOVOLIN N (insulin isophane human) injectable suspension is an intermediate acting human insulin. It is a sterile, white and cloudy suspension that contains insulin isophane human suspension (NPH) for subcutaneous use. Each milliliter of Novolin N 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 0.35 mg), zinc (33.5 mcg for the vial or 33.2 mcg for the FlexPen), and Water for Injection. Hydrochloric acid 2N and sodium hydroxide 2N may be added to adjust the pH. The pH is 7.1 to 7.5. Structural Formula Novolin R
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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