Adjunct to diet in type 2 diabetes, alone or with a sulfonylurea.
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Glyset belongs to a class of drugs called Antidiabetics, Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors.
It is not known if Glyset is safe and effective in children.
Glyset?may cause serious side effects including:
Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.
The most common side effects of Glyset?include:
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Adjunct to diet in type 2 diabetes, alone or with a sulfonylurea.
Take with the first bite of each main meal. Initially 25mg three times daily; may start at 25mg once daily (to minimize GI effects) and gradually increase to 25mg three times daily. Increase to 50mg three times daily after 4?8 weeks; usual max 100mg three times daily.
Not established.
Ketoacidosis. Inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic ulceration. Partial intestinal obstruction or predisposition thereof. Chronic intestinal diseases associated with marked disorders of digestion or absorption. Conditions that may deteriorate from increased intestinal gas formation.
Significant renal dysfunction (serum creatinine >2mg/dL): not recommended. Use glucose, not sucrose, to treat hypoglycemia. Stress. Monitor 1-hour postprandial blood glucose initially and during titration then glycosylated hemoglobin. Pregnancy (Cat.B): consider using insulin instead. Nursing mothers: not recommended.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.
Antagonized by intestinal adsorbents (eg, charcoal), pancreatin, amylase, other carbohydrate-splitting enzymes. May decrease levels of ranitidine, propranolol. Risk of hypoglycemia with concomitant sulfonylureas or insulin; consider reducing dose of these.
Tell the doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of Glyset. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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