Vibose 0.3

Name: Vibose 0.3
SKU: SKU-ByVxmGmS
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Tablet - 300mcg

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Generic: Voglibose

10 Tablets (1 Strip)

Original price was: Tk. 80.Current price is: Tk. 72.

Description

Medicine Overview of Vibose 0.3 300mcg Tablet

Introduction

Vibose 0.3 is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It helps control the high blood sugar levels in your body after each meal. It is used when other similar medicines along with a restricted diet, are unable to control abnormally high blood sugar levels.

Vibose 0.3 should be taken just before a meal or along with the first mouthful of food. The dose and how often you need it will be decided by your doctor so that you get the right amount to control your blood sugar levels. The dose may be increased gradually. Do not stop taking it without consulting your doctor. If you do, your blood sugar levels may increase and put you at risk of serious complications like kidney damage and blindness.

This medicine is only part of a treatment program that should also include a healthy diet, regular exercise, and weight reduction as advised by your doctor. Monitor your blood sugar levels regularly while taking this medicine.

The most common side effects of this medicine include skin rash, flatulence (gas), stomach pain, and diarrhea. Please consult your doctor if these bother you or do not go away.

This medicine by itself does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). However, when used in combination with other diabetes medicines (especially insulin or sulphonylureas), it can lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). Such episodes of hypoglycemia should be treated by taking plain glucose. Table sugar or common sugar will not help correct low blood sugar levels if you are taking this medicine.

Before taking it, let your doctor know if you have any kidney or liver problems. Do not take this medicine if you have ulceration or inflammation in the bowel (eg. ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease). Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Please tell your doctor about all the other medicines you are taking to make sure you are safe. Avoid excessive alcohol intake while taking this medicine as it may increase the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels).

Uses of Vibose 0.3

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Side effects of Vibose 0.3

Common

Skin rash
Flatulence
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea

How to use Vibose 0.3

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Vibose 0.3 is to be taken with food.

How Vibose 0.3 works

Vibose 0.3 is an anti-diabetic medicine. It inhibits the intestinal enzymes responsible for breaking complex sugars into simple sugars such as glucose. This prevents blood glucose levels from rising very high immediately after meals.

What if you forget to take Vibose 0.3?

If you miss a dose of Vibose 0.3, skip it and continue with your normal schedule. Do not double the dose.

Quick Tips

Vibose 0.3 is used together with other diabetes medicines to control blood sugar and avoid long-term complications.

You should continue to exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and take your other diabetes medicines along with Vibose 0.3.

Vibose 0.3 lowers your post-meal blood sugar levels. Therefore, it should be taken before meals.

Side effects such as stomach pain, gas, and diarrhea may occur during the first few weeks of treatment but should get better with time.

Brief Description

Indication

Diabetes mellitus

Administration

Should be taken with food. Take just before meals.

Adult Dose

Oral
Diabetes mellitus
Adult: 200-300 mcg tid.
Elderly: Initiate at lower doses.

Contraindication

Inflammatory bowel disease; GI obstruction or patients predisposed to it; conditions which may deteriorate as a result of increased gas formation eg, hernia; severe ketosis; diabetic coma or pre-coma; severe infection; hypersensitivity; pregnancy; lactation. Not to be used as monotherapy in IDDM.

Mode of Action

Voligbose has general properties similar to acarbose and selectively inhibits α-glucosidase in the enteric canal, delaying the digestion and absorption of carbohydrate, thereby suppressing sharp increase in post-prandial plasma glucose.

Precaution

History of laparotomy or ileus. Roemheld’s syndrome, stenosis, severe hepatic or renal impairment. Child <18 yr; elderly. Monitor LFT. Treat hypoglycaemic episodes with glucose (not with sucrose).

Side Effect

Flatulence; abdominal distension; diarrhoea; pain; skin reactions; hypoglycemia; increased LFT.

Potentially Fatal: Hepatotoxicity.

Interaction

May enhance effects of other antidiabetics including insulin.