Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Acarbose is used to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent blindness, nerve problems, kidney damage, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Effective control of diabetes can also lessen your risk of a heart attack/ stroke.
Acarbose may also be used with other medications like insulin, sulfonylureas such as glipizide, metformin to control diabetes because they all work in different ways.
Acarbose slows the breakdown and absorption of carbohydrates in the food that we eat by working in the intestine.
Most people using Acarbose don’t experience any serious side-effects. However, some patients may experience one or more of the following side effects till their body gets adjusted to Acarbose:
Some of the rare but serious effects may be:
Pl. tell your doctor if you have:
Diabetes mellitus (type 2) is characterized by high blood sugar, relative lack of insulin and insulin resistance. It is a long term metabolic disorder.
Common symptoms include increased thirst, frequent urination, and unexplained weight loss. Some patients may also feel increased hunger, feeling of tiredness, and sores that do not heal.
Type 2 diabetes mainly occurs because of obesity and lack of exercise. Some people are at more risk genetically than others. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by regular exercise, maintaining normal weight and proper diet.
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Acarbose is used to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent blindness, nerve problems, kidney damage, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Effective control of diabetes can also lessen your risk of a heart attack/ stroke.
Acarbose may also be used with other medications like insulin, sulfonylureas such as glipizide, metformin to control diabetes because they all work in different ways.
Acarbose slows the breakdown and absorption of carbohydrates in the food that we eat by working in the intestine.
Most people using Acarbose don’t experience any serious side-effects. However, some patients may experience one or more of the following side effects till their body gets adjusted to Acarbose:
Some of the rare but serious effects may be:
Pl. tell your doctor if you have:
Common symptoms include increased thirst, frequent urination, and unexplained weight loss. Some patients may also feel increased hunger, feeling of tiredness, and sores that do not heal.
Type 2 diabetes mainly occurs because of obesity and lack of exercise. Some people are at more risk genetically than others. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by regular exercise, maintaining normal weight and proper diet.
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