Glucobay 50 mg Tablet 30pcs

Acarbose 50 mg tablets

What Acarbose it is used for:

Acarbose is used to treat non-insulin dependent diabetes. 

Acarbose can be used to treat diabetes when a restricted diet alone or a restricted diet plus other sugar-lowering drugs do not work well enough.

Do not take Acarbose Tablets:

• If you are allergic to acarbose 

• If you are pregnant or breastfeeding

• If you have inflammation or ulceration in the bowel

• If you have a severe liver disorder

• If you have an intestine disease where you do not digest or absorb food properly

• If you have a large hernia

Warnings and precautions:

• If you have a kidney disorder tell your doctor before you take Acarbose

Possible side effects:

Effects occurring in first 2 or 3 days

• Increased wind (flatulence)

• Rumbling in your stomach

• A feeling of fullness or abdominal cramps

Other medicines and Acarbose:

Some medicines affect the way acarbose works in the body. Other medicines are affected by acarbose:

• medicines called intestinal absorbants

• medicines containing digestive enzyme that help digestion

• colestyramine, to treat high cholesterol 

• digoxin, to treat heart problems

• other blood glucose lowering drugs 

How to take Acarbose:

• Adults including old people: the usual dose is 1 or 2 tablets, three times a day

• The maximum dose is 200 mg three times a day.

How to store Acarbose:

• Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children. Store below 25ºC. 

• Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the outer cartoon after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

• Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste.