Ryzodeg: Combination Insulin for Diabetes Control

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What is ryzodeg insulin?

Ryzodeg is a new insulin that is being launched all over the world. Essentially Ryzodeg is a combination of a long acting insulin called insulin degludec and the brand name for that is Tresiba and that is mixed in with Novorapid or insulin aspart. So it is a basal insulin, a long slow insulin combined with a rapid acting insulin.

What is ryzodeg used for?

1. What Ryzodeg is and what it is used for Ryzodeg is used to treat diabetes mellitus in adults, adolescents and children from the age of 2 years. It helps your body reduce your blood sugar level. This medicine contains two types of insulin: Basal insulin called insulin degludec, this has a long blood sugar-lowering effect.

What does ryzodeg contain?

What Ryzodeg contains The active substances are insulin degludec and insulin aspart. Each mL of solution contains 100 units insulin degludec/insulin aspart in the ratio 70/30 (equivalent to 2.56 mg insulin degludec and 1.05 mg insulin aspart). Each pre-filled pen contains 300 units of insulin degludec/insulin aspart in 3 mL solution.

Can ryzodeg be given at mealtimes?

The studies compared Ryzodeg given at mealtimes with insulin glargine or insulin detemir (long-acting insulins), or with biphasic insulin (an insulin formulation consisting of a mixture of intermediate- and rapid-acting insulin). In the studies in type 1 diabetes, patients also received injections of rapid acting insulin at other mealtimes.

What Is Ryzodeg

1. https://www.drugs.com/uk/ryzodeg.html
2. https://patient-info.co.uk/ryzodeg-70364/patient-leaflet
3. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/ryzodeg
4. https://www.myhealthexplained.com/diabetes-information/diabetes-videos/what-is-ryzodeg-and-how-do-i-use-it
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_degludec/insulin_aspart
6. https://reference.medscape.com/drug/ryzodeg-insulin-degludec-insulin-aspart-1000031
7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230791/
8. https://www.rxlist.com/ryzodeg-drug.htm

Ryzodeg Information

1. https://www.novo-pi.com/ryzodeg7030.pdf
2. https://www.novonordisk.com.au/content/dam/nncorp/au/en/pdfs/ryzodeg-product-information-13.pdf