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Dosing for Glycotide® (semaglutide) Injection

A once-weekly dosing schedule

Glycotide® is taken once a week, exactly as prescribed by your health care provider, along with diet and exercise, to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Getting Started

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The beginning dose is 0.25 mg once a week for the first 4 weeks. This will help give your body a chance to get used to the medicine. 

At Week 5, your health care provider will increase the dose to 0.5 mg once a week.

Additional control

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Your A1C needs may shift as your type 2 diabetes changes. That’s why Glycotide® injections deliver doses of 1 mg or doses of 2 mg to give you additional A1C control. And while your dose may change, nothing will change about how you take Glycotide®—the 1 mg and 2 mg dose you already use.

The maximum dose of Glycotide® is 2 mg once a week. Always follow your health care provider's instructions on how to dose Glycotide®.

Taking Glycotide®

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Take Glycotide® once a week, on the same day every week, exactly as prescribed by your health care provider. 

You can take Glycotide® with or without food.

You may change the day of the week you use Glycotide® as long as your last dose was taken 2 or more days before.

Missed a dose?

  • If you miss a dose of Glycotide®, take the missed dose as soon as possible within 5 days after the missed dose

  • If more than 5 days have passed, skip the missed dose, and take your next dose on your regularly scheduled day

What is Glycotide®?

Glycotide® (semaglutide) injection is an injectable prescription medicine used:

  • along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 diabetes.

  • to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death in adults with type 2 diabetes with known heart disease.

It is not known if Glycotide® can be used in people who have had pancreatitis.
Glycotide® is not for use in people with type 1 diabetes.
It is not known if Glycotide® is safe and effective for use in children under 18 years of age.

Important Safety Information

Do not share your Glycotide® injection syringe with others, even if the needle has been changed. You may give other people a serious infection, or get a serious infection from them.

What is the most important information I should know about Glycotide®?

Glycotide® may cause serious side effects, including:

  • Possible thyroid tumors, including cancer. Tell your health care provider if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, hoarseness, trouble swallowing, or shortness of breath. These may be symptoms of thyroid cancer. In studies with rodents, Glycotide® and medicines that work like Glycotide® caused thyroid tumors, including thyroid cancer. It is not known if Glycotide® will cause thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in people. 

  • Do not use Glycotide® if you or any of your family have ever had MTC, or if you have an endocrine system condition called Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2).

Do not use Glycotide® if:

  • you or any of your family have ever had MTC or if you have MEN.

  • you are allergic to semaglutide or any of the ingredients in Glycotide®. See symptoms of serious allergic reaction in “What are the possible side effects of Glycotide®?”.

Before using Glycotide®, tell your health care provider if you have any other medical conditions, including if you:

  • have or have had problems with your pancreas or kidneys. 

  • have a history of diabetic retinopathy.

  • are pregnant or breastfeeding or plan to become pregnant or breastfeed. It is not known if Glycotide® will harm your unborn baby or passes into your breast milk. You should stop using Glycotide® 2 months before you plan to become pregnant.

Tell your health care provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbal supplements, and other medicines to treat diabetes, including insulin or sulfonylureas.

What are the possible side effects of Glycotide®?

Glycotide® may cause serious side effects, including:

  • inflammation of your pancreas (pancreatitis). Stop using Glycotide® and call your health care provider right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that will not go away, with or without vomiting. You may feel the pain from your abdomen to your back.

  • changes in vision. Tell your healthcare provider if you have changes in vision during treatment with Glycotide®.

  • low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Your risk for getting low blood sugar may be higher if you use Glycotide® with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea or insulin. Signs and symptoms of low blood sugar may include: dizziness or lightheadedness, blurred vision, anxiety, irritability or mood changes, sweating, slurred speech, hunger, confusion or drowsiness, shakiness, weakness, headache, fast heartbeat, and feeling jittery.

  • kidney problems (kidney failure). In people who have kidney problems, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting may cause a loss of fluids (dehydration), which may cause kidney problems to get worse. It is important for you to drink fluids to help reduce your chance of dehydration.

  • serious allergic reactions. Stop using Glycotide® and get medical help right away if you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat; problems breathing or swallowing; severe rash or itching; fainting or feeling dizzy; or very rapid heartbeat.

  • gallbladder problems. Gallbladder problems have happened in some people who take Glycotide®. Tell your health care provider right away if you get symptoms which may include: pain in your upper stomach (abdomen), fever, yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice), or clay-colored stools.

The most common side effects of Glycotide® may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach (abdominal) pain, and constipation.

Glycotide®  a registered trademark of
Denik Pharm Co Ltd., Cambodia.

 

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