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Minodiab 5mg Tablets, 28 Tablets
For patients with type II diabetes who need help controlling their blood sugar levels, Minodiab 5mg Tablets offer an effective solution. Glipizide, the medication in these tablets, helps stimulate your pancreas to produce more insulin and thereby improve blood sugar control. When diet and exercise aren\’t enough on their own, consider adding Minodiab 5mg Tablets to your treatment plan.
Glipizide is an orally active hypoglycaemic sulphonylurea and has been shown to be effective in the treatment of diabetes mellitus Type II whose hyperglycaemia cannot be controlled by diet alone.
What is type 2 diabetes?
With type 2 diabetes, your body does not make enough insulin or the kind that\’s produced doesn\’t work as well. As a result of this imbalance between sugar intake and production by cells (glucose), it will eventually lead to serious medical problems like heart disease; kidney failure – which can cause dialysis treatment if there isn’t another alternative available soon after diagnosis ; blindness due either visual impairment such an glaucoma where optic nerve damage has occurred
or partial sight loss associated with various other causes
- Type 2 diabetes is a common condition that causes the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood to become too high.
- It can cause symptoms like excessive thirst, needing to pee a lot and tiredness. It can also increase your risk of getting serious problems with your eyes, heart and nerves.
- It\’s a lifelong condition that can affect your everyday life. You may need to change your diet, take medicines and have regular check-ups.
- It\’s caused by problems with a chemical in the body (hormone) called insulin. It\’s often linked to being overweight or inactive, or having a family history of type 2 diabetes.
Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes
Many people have type 2 diabetes without realising. This is because symptoms don\’t necessarily make you feel unwell.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes include:
- peeing more than usual, particularly at night
- feeling thirsty all the time
- feeling very tired
- losing weight without trying to
- itching around your penis or vagina, or repeatedly getting thrush
- cuts or wounds taking longer to heal
- blurred vision
You\’re more at risk of developing type 2 diabetes if you:
- are over 40 – or 25 for south Asian people
- have a close relative with diabetes – such as a parent, brother or sister
- are overweight or obese
- are of south Asian, Chinese, African Caribbean or black African origin – even if you were born in the UK
Understanding your type 2 diabetes medication
Most people need medicine to control their type 2 diabetes.
The medicine helps keep your blood sugar level as normal as possible to prevent health problems. You\’ll have to take it for the rest of your life.
Diabetes usually gets worse over time, so your medicine or dose may need to change.
Adjusting your diet and being active is also necessary to keep your blood sugar level down.
How to manage your diabetes
A healthy diet and keeping active will help you manage your blood sugar level. It will also help you to control your weight and generally feel better.
YOU CAN EAT MANY TYPES OF FOODS
There\’s nothing you can\’t eat if you have type 2 diabetes, but you\’ll have to limit certain foods.
You should:
- eat a wide range of foods – including fruit, vegetables and some starchy foods like pasta
- keep sugar, fat and salt to a minimum
- eat breakfast, lunch and dinner every day – don\’t skip meals
If you need to change your diet, it might be easier to make small changes every week.
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What is the price of Minodiab 5mg Tablets in Nigeria?
The price of Minodiab 5mg Tablets is N3,450
Where can you buy Minodiab 5mg Tablets In Nigeria?
Minodiab 5mg Tablets is available on Asset Pharmacy Lagos Nigeria, Nigeria\’s Largest Online Pharmacy
Minodiab 5mg Tablets is a prescription drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
To order this product you confirm that you are under the care of your doctor or consultant and have been given permission by them for purchase, fulfillment & use in treatment with their written consent.
You will be required to send Asset Pharmacy your prescription
Brand
Minodiab
How to Use
How to take Minodiab 5mg Tablets
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Minodiab should only be taken by mouth. It is important that you take your tablets according to the instructions of your doctor. These will be written on the label of the pack. Do not take more Minodiab than your doctor has recommended.
Your dose will be adapted to your individual requirements. Some patients, whose condition is usually controlled by diet alone, may only require Minodiab for a short time.
The recommended dose is:
Adults
The initial dose is usually 5 mg, taken approximately 30 minutes before breakfast or the midday meal, although this may be lower in some patients.
If you are elderly, have mild diabetes or suffer from liver or kidney problems you may be started on 2.5 mg daily.
If your doctor feels your dose needs to be altered, they will instruct you to adjust the dose in small increments, usually in 2.5 – 5 mg steps.
The maximum recommended daily dose is 20 mg.
The label on the pack will tell you what dose YOU should take and how often to take it. If you are still not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Do not stop taking the tablets or adjust your dosage without seeing your doctor. Stopping the medicine may make your diabetes worse.
Use in children and adolescents
Minodiab is not recommended for use in children or adolescents.
Product Details
Minodiab 5mg Tablets Product Information
Do not take Minodiab:
• If you are allergic to glipizide, similar antidiabetic medicines or any of the other
ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6).
• If you have insulin-dependent diabetes (also called juvenile or Type I diabetes) which
would have probably started in your childhood.
• If you have ketone bodies and sugar in your urine (this may mean you may have
diabetic ketoacidosis).
• If you suffer from episodes of unconsciousness (this may mean you may have
diabetic coma).
• If you have problems with your kidneys or liver.
• If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breast-feeding.
• If you are currently taking miconazole to treat fungal infections.
Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before using Minodiab:
• If you have been told that you have problems with your adrenal or pituitary glands.
If you are about to have major surgery, have had a recent injury (trauma) or develop a
fever or severe infection. (See Section 3 “If you are going to have an operation” for
further information).
• If you suffer from G6PD deficiency (a disease that causes abnormal destruction of
your red blood cells).
You should test your blood and urine glucose regularly, particularly if you are elderly, debilitated
or malnourished. If the results of the tests are outside the limits recommended by your doctor you
should contact them immediately.
Minodiab can cause hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels), which is characterised by
confusion, faintness, sweating, dizziness, drowsiness, headache, shakiness (tremor) and visual
disturbances. (These symptoms may also be unrelated to hypoglycaemia). Low blood sugar levels
can be prevented by taking a regular intake of carbohydrates (e.g. bread, or other products
containing starch/sugar). You should eat regular meals, and not exercise heavily or for a long
period without eating something first.
Other medicines and Minodiab
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other
medicines.
When given with Minodiab, the following medicines may reduce your blood sugar
levels too much:
• Miconazole, fluconazole or voriconazole (used to treat fungal infections).
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (used to treat muscle and joint pain e.g.
phenylbutazone).
• Aspirin or aspirin like medicines known as salicylates (usually used as pain killers).
• Beta-blockers (used to treat high blood pressure and certain heart conditions e.g.
propranolol).
• Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (used to treat high blood pressure
e.g. captopril).
• Cimetidine (used to treat stomach and duodenal ulcers and other digestive disorders).
• Sulfonamides or chloramphenicol (used to treat bacterial infections).
• Quinolones (used to treat bacterial infections).
• Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (used to treat depression).
• Probenecid (drugs used to treat gout).
• Coumarin anticoagulants (used to treat blood clots e.g. warfarin).
• Fibrates (used to treat high cholesterol e.g. clofibrate).
The following medicines may increase your blood sugar levels too much when given
with Minodiab:
• Danazol (a hormone treatment).
• Phenothiazines tranquillisers (used to treat psychiatric conditions e.g.
chlorpromazine, thioridazine).
• Corticosteroids (used to treat inflammatory conditions (e.g. prednisolone).
• Sympathomimetic agents, such as nasal decongestants and bronchodilators used to
treat asthma (e.g. salbutamol, isoprenaline).
• Hormonal agents, including oral contraceptives (the Pill) and hormone replacement
therapy (HRT).
• Thiazides or other diuretics (water tablets e.g. bendroflumethiazide).
• Thyroid products (used to treat patients with a low production of thyroid hormones).
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• Phenytoin (used to treat epilepsy).
• Nicotinic acid (used in vitamin supplements and to lower cholesterol and other lipid
levels).
• Calcium channel blocking agents (used to treat angina and high blood pressure e.g.
nifedepine or verapamil).
• Isoniazid (used to treat tuberculosis).
Minodiab with food, drink and alcohol
As food may delay absorption of the drug, each dose should be taken 30 minutes before food.
Try to avoid alcohol. Alcoholic drinks (wine, beer, spirits) can further increase the reduction in blood sugar levels and could cause unconsciousness (hypoglycaemic coma).
Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.
Driving and using machines
Minodiab should not affect your ability to drive or use machines. However, you should be careful when you have just started taking this medicine or if you don’t use it regularly.
Be aware of the symptoms of low blood sugar levels (hypoglycaemia). These are characterised by confusion, faintness, sweating, dizziness, drowsiness, headache shakiness (tremor) and visual disturbances.
If you are affected, do not drive or operate machines.
Minodiab contains lactose monohydrate Lactose monohydrate is a type of sugar. If you have been told that you have an intolerance to some sugars, contact your doctor before taking this medicinal product.
How to store Minodiab
Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the blister strip and carton after
EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
This medicine does not require any special storage conditions.
Do not throw away any medicines via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how
to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.
Side Effects
Side Effects of Minodiab 5mg Tablets
Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The majority are temporary and disappear on reducing the dose or on stopping treatment.
Do not stop taking the tablets or adjust your dosage without seeing your doctor.
Reasons for contacting your doctor immediately
Tell your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms after taking this
medicine. Although they are very rare, these symptoms can be serious.
• An allergic reaction such as sudden wheeziness, difficulty in breathing, swelling of
eyelids, face or lips, rash or itching (especially affecting the whole body). Allergic
reactions (including very rarely, death) have been reported with drugs similar to
Minodiab.
Other side effects that may occur are as follows:
Common: may affect up to 1 in 10 people
hypoglycaemia (not enough sugar in the blood)
feeling sick (nausea)
diarrhoea
pain in the stomach
Uncommon: may affect up to 1 in 100 people
dizziness
drowsiness
shakiness (tremor)
blurred vision
being sick (vomiting)
jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes, itching and dark urine)
eczema (inflammation of skin)
Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
agranulocytosis (deficiency of a type of white blood cells)
leukopenia (reduction in white blood cells count)
thrombocytopenia (reduction in platelet count)
haemolytic anaemia (abnormal breakdown of red blood cells)
pancytopenia (decreased count of all type of blood cells)
porphyria non-acute
redness (erythema)
itching (pruritus)
rash (red, bumpy, or measle-like)
itching, skin redness or inflammation (dermatitis allergic)
pale red, raised, itchy bumps (urticaria)
sensitivity to light
reduction in blood sodium (hyponatraenamia)
confusion
headache
visual disturbances, double vision
constipation
inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) and abnormal hepatic functions
malaise (general discomfort)
abnormal laboratory tests
Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet
Ingredients
Minodiab 5mg Tablets Product Ingredients
The active ingredient is glipizide. Each tablet contains 5 mg glipizide
The other ingredients are lactose ( Minodiab contains lactose),
microcrystalline cellulose, starch and stearic acid
Patient Information Leaflet
Click here for Minodiab 5mg Tablets Patient Information Leaflet
Prescription Product
This product requires a prescription from your Doctor.
Please follow the instruction received from the pharmacy on how to forward your prescription to the pharmacy after you have paid for the medicine.
A prescription drug is a pharmaceutical medication that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.
To order this product you confirm that you are under the care of your doctor or consultant and have been given permission by them for purchase, fulfillment & use in treatment with their written consent
Delivery
Delievry time are estimates. Can vary due to the time of day you order.
Delivery time estimate are subject to the courier company.
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