Diamicron Mr Tablets 60Mg (1 Box = 2 Strips) (1 Strip = 10 Tablets)
It is used when diet and exercise are not enough to control your blood glucose properly
It is used when diet and exercise are not enough to control your blood glucose properly. It lowers blood glucose by increasing the amount of insulin (a hormone that controls blood glucose levels) produced by your pancreas.
Purpose
Diabetes
Ingredients
Gliclazide
Warnings
Use of gliclazide must be considered as treatment in addition to proper dietary regimen and not as substitute for diet.
All sulfonylurea drugs can induce severe hypoglycemia. Particularly susceptible are elderly subjects, patients with impaired hepatic or renal function, those who are debilitated or malnourished and patients with primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency. Some cases may be severe and prolonged.
The efficacy of gliclazide, in reducing glucose to the desired level decreases over a long period of time in many patients: this may be due to progression in the severity of the diabetes, or to a reduced response to treatment. This phenomenon is known as secondary failure and is advised to be distinguished from primary failure, when the drug is ineffective when prescribed as first-line treatment. Adequate dose adjustment and compliance with dietary measures is advised to be considered before classifying the patient as secondary failure. If a loss of adequate blood glucose-lowering response to GLICLAZIDE is detected, the drug is advised to be discontinued.
Side Effects
Gastro-intestinal: Abdominal pain, anal fissure, appetite increased, colitis, duodenal ulcer, epigastric fullness, faecal incontinence, flatulence, gastric irritation, gastroesophageal reflux, GI neoplasm benign, hemorrhoids, melena, dry mouth, oesophagitis, saliva increased, tooth ache, tooth disorder, vomiting. These reactions are generally dose-related and may disappear when the dose is reduced. Hearing and vestibular: hearing decreased, tinnitus. Liver and biliary: increased liver enzymes, hepatitis, hepatomegaly. Metabolic and nutritional: gout, glycosuria, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, thirst. Cases of hepatic porphyria and disulfiram-like reactions have been described with sulfonylurea drugs. Clinical experience to date has shown that gliclazide 80 mg tablets has a low incidence of disulfiram type reactions. Musculo-skeletal: arthropathy, bursitis, hernia congenital, skeletal pain, spine malformation.
Storage Instructions
Store this medicine at room temperature, away from direct light and heat.
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