Eliglustat Tartrate and Glucagen

• Generic Name: eliglustat
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Cerdelga

Long-term treatment of nonneuronopathic (type 1) Gaucher disease in patients who are extensive, intermediate, or poor metabolizers of CYP2D6.

Patient selection and dosing based on CYP2D6 metabolizer status; determine patient's CYP2D6 genotype with an FDA-cleared test prior to initiating therapy.

Ultrarapid CYP2D6 metabolizers may not achieve adequate plasma concentrations to achieve a therapeutic effect. A specific dosage cannot be recommended for patients whose CYP2D6 genotype cannot be determined (indeterminate metabolizers).

Designated an orphan drug by FDA for treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease.

• Generic Name: glucagon
• Dosage Forms: hypokit
• Other Brand Names: Glucagen, GlucaGen HypoKit, Glucagon Emergency Kit for Low Blood Sugar, Gvoke HypoPen, Gvoke PFS, Baqsimi

Glucagon injection is an emergency medicine used to treat severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in diabetes patients treated with insulin who have passed out or cannot take some form of sugar by mouth.

Glucagon injection is also used as a diagnostic aid during X-ray tests of the stomach and bowels. This is to improve test results by relaxing the muscles of the stomach and bowels.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.