CompositionGlucobay 50 Tablet is used to manage type 2 diabetes by controlling rises in blood sugar after meals. It is a single-ingredient alpha-glucosidase inhibitor containing acarbose.
Keeping after-meal sugar in check helps lower the risk of kidney disease, nerve damage and vision loss. Take it with the first few bites of your main meals in the dose, frequency and duration prescribed by your doctor, and continue it even when you feel well.
Control portions of rice, roti and sweets and exercise regularly. If your sugar drops while you also take other diabetes medicines, use glucose rather than ordinary sugar, as this medicine slows the breakdown of table sugar.
Before starting, tell your doctor if you have inflammatory bowel disease, stomach ulcers, severe kidney problems or long-term bowel disorders, and about all other medicines, supplements or herbal products you take. Speak to your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Follow the prescribed dose, frequency and duration, report persistent or serious side effects, and do not stop the medicine unless your doctor advises you to do so.
