I am Christel from Diabetes Strong and in this video,
I'll be talking about BAQSIMI glucagon
BAQSIMI glucagon is currently the only available nasal glucagon
that means no injections needed
you simply squirt the product into the nose of the person in need.
If you live with insulin-dependent diabetes like I do you might have seen this one this
is a traditional glucagon kit, let me just open it.
You might even have used one, so it looks like this.
See, here we go. I've been living with type 1 diabetes since 1997, and the first
20 years of my diagnosis, this was the only type of glucagon that I had access to.
But new options are now available, including BAQSIMI
that came to market in the U.S, Canada and the EU in 2019
It wasn't the only new glucagon that was approved in 2019 but
it was the only and still is the only, approved nasal glucagon.
If you're curious about what
other glucagons came to market in 2019 I'll link to a video I did about that up here.
BAQSIMI is a glucagon product manufactured by Eli Lilly
and as I mentioned it's the first approved nasal glucagon
It's approved to treat severe low blood sugars in people living with diabetes,
four years and older.
And just so we're all on the same page, a severe low blood sugar
is a situation where blood sugars drop so low that you need help from
somebody else to raise your blood sugars back to normal levels
BAQSIMI comes in a single fixed dose of 3 milligrams
so the same dose for everyone
BAQSIMI is a dry nasal powder form of glucagon and looks like this
this is an actual BAQSIMI product.
You don't need to inhale BAQSIMI, it gets absorbed through the nose
that means it should work on people who are passed out as well.
The product is ready to use you don't need to prime it or
mix it or do anything you just need to take it out of the packaging, squirt it into the nose.
But you're not supposed to remove the shrink wrap or the tubing,
so all the packing here until you're ready to use it
and since this is the real deal I'm just going to show you a photo up here what it
actually looks like when you once you take it out of the packaging.
BAQSIMI comes ready to use and you can store it at room temperature
and it will stay stable for 18 months up to two years and the
really cool thing about this product is it doesn't have to be mixed,
it's ready to use there are no needles involved in this,
it just gets squirted up into the nose, and then there's no need to store it
in the fridge, you can keep it at room temperature so that's all the way up to 86 F
that's 30 degrees celsius
as long as you keep it in the shrink wrap and in the plastic tubing
Let me show you how to actually use this product. So first thing is
get out the container and then you open it by pulling on the red
strip here, so you pull off the plastic and then you open the container.
That looks like that
just be careful when you remove it from the container that you don't push down on the
plunger because you don't want to deliver the dose in the container.
Now you want to hold the device
between your thumb and your fingers like this
so you can see it here on a photo, so that's step one
hold it, don't push the plunger yet. Step two, again I'm going to show you there but you
want to move the device up so that the tip goes into your nose
all the way up until your fingers touches the edge of your nose.
Step three up, here again, you want to now want to push the plunger
all the way to the bottom, until the green line disappears
once the green line has disappeared
you know they delivered the dose.
Blood sugar should now return to a normal range, but you should
still call 9-1-1. If the person you're assisting is unconscious turn them over on their side.
Glucagon makes the liver release glucose into the bloodstream
which will return blood sugar levels to a healthy range.
It can take up to 15 minutes before glucagon starts to work which
requires a bit of patience especially if the person you're assisting has passed out.
If the person that you're assisting does not respond after 15 minutes you can give
them another dose of BAQSIMI. As with any glucagon product you do risk side effects
for BAQSIMI the reported side effects are nausea, vomiting,
headache, upper respiratory irritation,
watery eyes, redness of the eyes, itchy nose, throat, or eyes.
People with certain medical conditions should not use this product,
so make sure that you check the medical
warning on the product or on the website to see if this product is right for you.
I hope this video helped you gain a better understanding of BAQSIMI glucagon.
If you decide that this product is right for you
I suggest that you reach out to your doctor for a prescription and
proper training in how to use the product.
On BAQSIMI.com you can find all of the BAQSIMI co-pay
cards. With a co-pay card, and commercial insurance you can pay as little as
$25 for your prescription,
and that includes two glucagon devices.
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