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Lantus

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004711

A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Lantus controls blood sugar longer than insulin does. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glargine and insulin glargine recombinant.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004711
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsinsulin glargine; insulin glargine recombinant
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004711",
  "term": "Lantus",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to control the amount of sugar in the blood of patients with diabetes. It is a form of the hormone insulin that is made in the laboratory. Lantus controls blood sugar longer than insulin does. It is a type of therapeutic insulin. Also called insulin glargine and insulin glargine recombinant.",
  "synonyms": [
    "insulin glargine",
    "insulin glargine recombinant"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/lantus/"
}

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