INSUPRID
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| Form | Tablets |
|---|---|
| Active Substance | Glimepiride |
| Presentation | 30 tablets |
| Treatment Category | Metabolism |
About the Product
COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains:
Active substance: glimepiride — 2 mg, or 4 mg.
INDICATIONS FOR USE
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults when adequate glycemic control cannot be achieved by diet, physical exercise, and weight reduction alone.
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
The product is intended for oral administration.
Successful management of diabetes mellitus depends on adherence to an appropriate diet, regular physical activity, and continuous monitoring of blood and urine glucose levels. Failure to follow dietary recommendations cannot be compensated for by tablets or insulin.
Dosage should be determined according to blood and urine glucose measurements.
The recommended starting dose of glimepiride is 1 mg once daily (appropriate dosage strengths should be used).
If adequate glycemic control is achieved, this dose should be used as maintenance therapy.
If glycemic control remains inadequate, the dose should be increased gradually to 2 mg, or 4 mg daily, with dose adjustments made at 1–2 week intervals.
Doses above 4 mg daily provide additional benefit only in selected patients. The maximum recommended dose is 6 mg daily.
DOSAGE FORM
Tablets No. 30
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Insuprid is an oral hypoglycemic agent belonging to the third-generation sulfonylurea class.
Insuprid reduces blood glucose levels primarily by stimulating insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells. Its effect is mainly associated with improving the responsiveness of β-cells to physiological glucose stimulation.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
·Hypersensitivity to glimepiride or to any component of the product, as well as to sulfonylurea derivatives or sulfonamide drugs;
·Type 1 diabetes mellitus;
·Diabetic ketoacidosis, diabetic precoma, and coma;
·Severe hepatic and renal impairment;
·Pregnancy and lactation;
· Children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
Reactions such as pruritus, urticaria, and photosensitivity may occur.
Rarely: thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, granulocytopenia, agranulocytosis, erythrocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and pancytopenia, which are generally reversible upon discontinuation of the drug.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
In patients with insufficiently controlled diabetes mellitus, combination therapy with glimepiride and metformin may be initiated when either drug is used at the maximum daily dose.
When glimepiride is used at its maximum daily dose, concomitant insulin therapy may be initiated. In this case, insulin treatment starts with low doses, which are gradually increased under blood glucose monitoring.
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
If meals are taken at irregular intervals or are skipped entirely, patients receiving glimepiride therapy may develop hypoglycemia.