Glucobay

[NikosKant]

Diabetes expert Dr Jason Fung recommends acarbose ( Glucobay) for type 2 diabetes but this medicine by Bayer is NOT sold in europe.

If this is sold where you live can you please help me get in contact with a drugstore or any other way you may think, so that I can try it for 1-2 months to see if it helps my type2 diabetes and also loose some weight.

Thanks.

[DRH-sangli Star]

Long time ago, My doctor had prescribed this for me and I tried .. But doc changed medicine to Reclimate. Probably it did not suit me to control my T2d .

[gangadharan_nair]

"Acarbose is used (with diet only or diet and other medications) 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) . Acarbose works by slowing the action of certain chemicals that break down food to release glucose (sugar) into your blood. Slowing food digestion helps keep blood glucose from rising very high after meals."(1)

Acarbose is sold in India in the following brands.

ABACUS: NUCRON

ASUCROSE: MERIND

DISCARB: BAL PHARMA

DISORB: ELLIFE (ELDER)

GLUBOSE: ARISTO

GLUDASE: MEKLA (ALKEM)

GLUCAR: HEALTHEON (GLENMARK)

GLUCOBAY: BAYER

HEBOSE: MASCOT HEALTH SERIES

REBOSE: SUN PHARMA

ZEBAY-25: ZEE LAB

Links:-

(1) medlineplus.gov/druginfo/me...

(2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acarbose

[Activity2004 Administrator]

Hi and welcome to the group, NikosKant .

Have you consulted your doctor? If not, please call the doctor's office and ask to arrange an appointment/video chat to get more information about the medication before you start using it to be on the safe side. No one wants you or anyone else getting sick or worse.

[NikosKant]

which doctor's office ?