Description
About Glimepiride 2 mg Tablets
Glimepiride is a Generic product and can consumed only by prescription, it comes in the form of a tablet. This drug is consumed with some other medications as combination therapy. This medication is used to treat patients suffering from type 2 diabetes usage of this medication requires good exercise and a healthy schedule. Commonly Glimepiride is used with insulin and some other types of diabetes medicines to control the high blood sugar level. Glimepiride is a class of Sulfonylureas type of medication, this group of medications is a class of drugs that work similarly and on the same conditions. Follow your doctor’s specific meal plan carefully. This is an essential part of managing your condition and is essential for the drug to work effectively. Exercise regularly and test your blood or urine for sugar levels as advised. Take this medicine with your breakfast or the first meal of the day
Uses of Glimepiride 2 mg Tablet
Insulin is a substance your body produces to transport glucose (sugar) from your blood to your cells, where it can be used as fuel. When type 2 diabetes is present, your body either does not make enough insulin or does not use the insulin it makes correctly, leaving glucose in your blood. This leads to high blood glucose levels. Glimepiride is very effective and used for those people who are suffering from type 2 diabetes. Glimepiride has the potential to cause hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) when used in excess under certain circumstances. Symptoms of hypoglycaemia should be treated as soon as possible, as they can lead to loss of consciousness (fainting). Everyone has different reactions to low blood sugar, so it is important to know which symptoms you typically experience so you can treat them quickly and contact your healthcare team as soon as possible for advice. Do not start using this medication without consulting your doctor and don’t stop consuming it suddenly if you are continuing with this medication treatment.
Direction To Use
Consultation and advice from your medical healthcare expert are important do not consume this medicine on your own let your Doctor or medical expert make the decisions regarding Glimepiride use. Tell your doctor or medical expert about any allergies you are having or you had in the past, and also tell your doctor if you are on treatment with any other medication.
A planned schedule for diet and exercise is important, generally, the dosage depends on these factors and also regular monitoring is very important about the sugar level that is why consultation is important before heaving these medications. Your doctor must monitor your condition at regular appointments to ensure that the medicine is working correctly. Your doctor may need to do blood and urine tests to look for any side effects.
Side Effects
If This medication is not taken with proper instructions it can cause some short-term side effects, which can disappear with time but if those side effects are not cured for the long term they can cause some serious long-term side effects. Some of the common and short-term side effects are like this –
- Hypoglycaemias (lower blood sugar level), there are lots of symptoms such as
- Anxiety and Nervousness
- Irritability
- Sweating
- Headache
- Fast heart rate or palpitations
- Intense hunger
Trembling or Shaking these symptoms leads to Hypoglycaemia
Also –
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Weakness
- headache
- Unwanted weight gain
If the side effects are minor, they may resolve in a few days or even a few weeks. If the side effects are severe or do not resolve, consult your physician or pharmacist, it may cause some serious side effects such as –
- Decreasing blood sugar levels to much less than 35 to 40 mg/dl is called severe low blood sugar.
- This Glimepiride drug can cause Hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions, which can be very painful, irritating, and dangerous. For example Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Liver Damage This drug can cause some serious effects on your Liver you can witness some unwanted conditions such as the yellowing colour of your skin and eyes, stomach pain, and swelling, swelling in your legs and ankles, urine of dark color, etc.
These are some long-term dangerous side effects caused by Glimepiride 2m tablet, tell your doctor if you are facing such kind of conditions.
