GLUCAGEN SIDE EFFECTS
- Generic Name: glucagon [rdna origin]) for injection
- Brand Name: GlucaGen
- Drug Class: Hypoglycemia Antidotes
SIDE EFFECTS
Side effects may include nausea and vomiting at doses above 1 mg or with rapid injection. Hypotension has been reported up to 2 hours after administration in patients receiving GlucaGen as premedication for upper GI endoscopy procedures. GlucaGen exerts positive inotropic and chronotropic effects and may, therefore, cause tachycardia and hypertension. Adverse reactions indicating toxicity of GlucaGen have not been reported. A temporary increase in both blood pressure and pulse rate may occur following the administration of GlucaGen. Patients taking beta-blockers might be expected to have a greater increase in both pulse and blood pressure, an increase of which will be temporary because of GlucaGen’s short half-life.The increase in blood pressure and pulse rate may require therapy in patients with pheochromocytoma or coronary artery disease.Anaphylactic reactions may occur in some cases.
The following adverse reactions have been identified during postapproval use of GlucaGen. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is generally not possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
Table 1 Frequency of Adverse Reactions
| Treatment of severe hypoglycemia | |
| Frequency (%) | Adverse Reaction |
| < 10 | Nausea |
| < 1 | Vomiting |
| Use as a diagnostic aid | |
| < 10 | Nausea |
| < 1 | Vomiting |
| < 1 | Hypoglycemia |
| < 1 | Hypoglycemic coma |
SRC: NLM .