Lixisenatide Dosage Calculator

Lixisenatide comes in a pre-filled pen. No vials, no reconstitution, no bacteriostatic water math. The green starter pen delivers 10 mcg per click (14 doses per pen). The burgundy maintenance pen delivers 20 mcg per click (14 doses per pen). Each pen gets discarded 14 days after first use regardless of how many doses remain. Store unused pens in the refrigerator at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. After the first injection from a pen, keep it at room temperature below 30 degrees Celsius for up to 14 days. Do not freeze. Attach a new needle before each injection and remove it after; storing with a needle attached can cause air bubbles and dose inaccuracy. The timing detail that most people miss: inject within 60 minutes before your first meal of the day. Not after the meal. Not with the meal. Before. The postprandial glucose benefit depends on the gastric emptying delay kicking in before food arrives. If you take oral contraceptives, warfarin, levothyroxine, or any narrow-therapeutic-index drug, take those pills at least one hour before lixisenatide or 11 hours after.