Diampa-M 12.5gm+1000mg Tablets

Indications

Type 2 diabetes mellitus not controlled by metformin alone or by metformin in combination with other antidiabetic drugs or insulin.

 Dosage Adults

18-84 yrs: 5/500-5/1000 mg twice daily, based on patient’s current metformin dose, increased if required to 12.5/500-12.5/1000 mg twice daily. >85 yrs: Not recommended.

Advice to Patient

 Take with meals.

Interactions

Ranolazine, selegiline, tranylcypromine, topiramate and other carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, thiazides and other diuretics.

Adverse effects

Lactic acidosis, genital mycotic infections, UTIs, vitamin B12 deficiency, increased LDL-C.