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Metabolic

Lixisenatide

Also called Adlyxin, Lyxumia

InjectableEvidence AEvery day
Half-life
3hours
Typical vial
1 / 2mg
Research amounts
10–20mcg

per administration

Common schedule
Every day
Tested in people

A human trial worked out how much to take and how often, so a dosing schedule is shown.

Licensed as a medicine in the US and EU.

Work out your draw

These numbers are a starting point — change any of them.

3 mL cartridge · 200 units loaded2units dialled
Concentration
0.5mg/mL
Volume per draw
0.02mL
Units to dial
2
Doses per cartridge
100

Vial label

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Published research contexts for Lixisenatide describe 1020 mcg per administration. Descriptive only, not a recommendation.

Dosing schedule

How Lixisenatide is commonly stepped up, for reference only.

These are commonly-discussed research protocols shared for educational reference. This is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from a qualified professional.

PhaseAmountFrequencyRoute
Days 1–14Within an hour before the same meal each day; starting step.10 mcgOnce dailySubQ
Day 15+Maintenance step.20 mcgOnce dailySubQ

Modelled level — every day

1× is the peak after a single dose.

Steady-state peak
1.00× single dose

Read off the modelled curve, not an even-interval formula

Time to steady state
15hours

About five half-lives

Administrations
7/ week

Where these numbers come from

  • GetGoal-Mono (Fonseca VA et al., Diabetes Care 2012;35:1225)A short-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist; once-daily lixisenatide titrated 10 to 20 mcg as monotherapy over 12 weeks in adults with type-2 diabetes.

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