Amaryl

Amaryl (Glimepiride) is an oral diabetes medication that helps control the development of blood sugar.

This medication helps your body respond better to the insulin produced by your pancreas. Glimepiride is used in combination with diet and exercise to treat type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. Other nutritional problems of nutrition is sometimes used together with glimepiride.

What is the function of glimepiride?

• This medicine belongs to the group of blood sugar lowering agents called sulfonylurea derivatives. Glimepiride works by increasing the amount of insulin that is secreted in your pancreas. The insulin then lowers your blood sugar level.

How much glimepiride per day?

• Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Starting dose 1 mg 1×/day at breakfast. If necessary, guided by blood and urine glucose determination, gradually increase by 1 mg every 1-2 weeks to 4 mg per day; max. 6 mg per day.

Which is better metformin or gliclazide? For patients without a very high risk of cardiovascular disease, metformin is the first choice in drug treatment. If the result is insufficient, a short-acting sulfonylurea derivative (preference gliclazide) can be added.

What is the brand name of glimepiride and gliclazide?

• Glimepiride has been on the international market since 1995. It is available on prescription under the brand name Amaryl and as the generic Amaryl in tablets.

What are possible side effects?

• Too low blood glucose (hypo). You can recognize a ‘hypo’ by the following symptoms: hunger, a changing mood, confusion, headache, fatigue, dizziness, pale face, blurred vision, trembling, sweating and palpitations. …
  Blurred vision at the beginning of the treatment.

What is the most common serious side effect of Amaryl?

• In clinical trials, the most common adverse reactions with AMARYL were hypoglycemia, dizziness, asthenia, headache, and nausea.

How high can sugar be in the elderly? Glucose values in the elderly may be between 6 and 15 mmol/l.