Glucagon (medication)

Glucagon
Glucagon ball and stick model, with the carboxyl terminus above and the amino terminus below
Clinical data
Trade namesGlucagen, Baqsimi, Gvoke, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa682480
License data
Pregnancy
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Routes of
administration
Nasal, intravenous (IV), intramuscular injection (IM), subcutaneous injection
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Identifiers
  • Glucagon
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC153H225N43O49S
Molar mass3482.80 g·mol−1
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Glucagon, sold under the brand name Baqsimi among others, is a medication and hormone.[9] As a medication it is used to treat low blood sugar, beta blocker overdose, calcium channel blocker overdose, and those with anaphylaxis who do not improve with epinephrine.[10] It is given by injection into a vein, muscle, or under the skin.[10] A version given in the nose is also available.[11]

Common side effects include vomiting.[10] Other side effects include low blood potassium and low blood pressure.[9] It is not recommended in people who have a pheochromocytoma or insulinoma.[10] Use in pregnancy has not been found to be harmful to the baby.[12] Glucagon is in the glycogenolytic family of medications.[10] It works by causing the liver to break down glycogen into glucose.[10]

Glucagon was approved for medical use in the United States in 1960.[10] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[13] It is a manufactured form of the glucagon hormone.[10] A generic version became available in the United States in December 2020.[14]

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  2. ^ "Baqsimi Product information". Health Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ "GlucaGen Hypokit 1 mg - Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)". (emc). 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Glucagon kit". DailyMed. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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  8. ^ "Ogluo Product information". Union Register of medicinal products. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b British national formulary : BNF 69 (69 ed.). British Medical Association. 2015. p. 487. ISBN 9780857111562.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Glucagon". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference FDA PR 20190724 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Glucagon (GlucaGen) Use During Pregnancy". www.drugs.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  13. ^ World Health Organization (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
  14. ^ "FDA Approves First Generic of Drug Used to Treat Severe Hypoglycemia". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Press release). 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.