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  • α-Gucosidase Inhibitor
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    Acrose

    α-Gucosidase Inhibitor. Acarbose 50 mg, 100 mg.
    TABS: 30 x 50 mg, 100 mg. Initial: Wk 1:
    25 mg at dinner; wk 2: 25 mg at breakf.
    and dinner; wks 3-4: 25 mg at breakf.,
    lunch and dinner; wk 5: Incr. dose at
    dinner to 50 mg; wk 6: Also incr. dose
    at breakf. to 50 mg; wks 7-8: 50 mg at
    breakf., lunch, dinner. Aft. 8 wks: Eval.
    response and adjust accord. Wk 9: Incr.
    dose at dinner to 100 mg; wks 10-11:
    Also incr. dose at breakf. to 100 mg; wk
    12: 100 mg at breakf., lunch, dinner.
    Tab to chew./swallow. immed. at
    beginn. meal with 1st mouthful. If dose
    forgot: Take at next meal and not betw.
    meals.
    NIDDM in pts. inad. control. by diet
    alone or on diet and oral hypoglycem.
    agents.
    C/I: Hypersens., pregn., lact., chron.
    digest. syst. disords., liver funct. disords.,
    ren. insuffic. See lit.

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