Glimepiride

2 Drugs classified under this active ingredient

Sulphonylurea. Glimepiride 1, 2, 3, 4 mg.
TABS: 30x 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg.
Initial: 1-2 mg 1 x dly with break. or
main meal. Maint: 1-4 mg 1 x dly. Max:
8 mg 1 x dly. Incr. by increments of no
more than 2 mg at 1-2 wk. intervals.
See lit.
Type II diabetes mellitus.
C/I: hypersens.; diabet. ketoacidos., with
or without coma.

Sulphonylurea. Glimepiride 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 4 mg.
SCORED TAB: 30 x 1, 2, 3 and 4 mg. Usual start. dose is 1-2 mg once dly administ. with breakfast. The dose may be incr. as needed. Max. dly dose: 8 mg.
NIDDM (adult-onset diabetes, type II diabetes), when diet, reg. phys. exerc., and weight reduct. alone cannot maint. therap. suit. blood glucose levels.
C/I: Hypersens. Hypersens. to of sulfonylurea / sulfonamides derivat.(includ. skin react. dyspnea, hypotens. anaphylaxis.). Type 1 diab., sev. or unstab. diab., ketosis or acidosis as a complicat.  of diabet., or diabetic coma.