Istamet 50/500

Please let me know the side effects off this medicine

After heart bypass surgery in March 2017 .Hospital diabolosist change my medicine

If any member of this forum is using this tablet Pls tell me

[gangadharan_nair]

1 Tablet Istamet (50+500) contains Sitagliptin 50 mg + Metformin 500 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.)

Sitagliptin is used along with diet and exercise and sometimes with other medications to lower blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes (condition in which blood sugar is too high because the body does not produce or use insulin normally). Sitagliptin is in a class of medications called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. It works by increasing the amounts of certain natural substances that lower blood sugar when it is high.

Metformin is used alone or with other medications, including insulin, to treat type 2 diabetes (condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and, therefore, cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood). Metformin is in a class of drugs called biguanides. Metformin helps to control the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood. It decreases the amount of glucose you absorb from your food and the amount of glucose made by your liver. Metformin also increases your body's response to insulin, a natural substance that controls the amount of glucose in the blood.

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