Overview
This medicine is used to help control blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle measures (diet and exercise) alone are not enough. It combines multiple ways to help your body regulate glucose, making it easier to maintain stable blood sugar.
How It Works
This medicine combines three active ingredients: one helps the pancreas release more insulin, another reduces the liver’s production of sugar and improves the body’s sensitivity to insulin, and the third slows down how quickly sugar from food enters your bloodstream. Together, they help keep blood sugar from rising too high — both between meals and after eating.
Common Uses
- Managing type 2 diabetes when monotherapy or dual therapy isn’t enough
- Controlling fasting (before-meal) blood sugar levels
- Controlling post-meal blood sugar spikes
Key Benefits
- Offers a more comprehensive blood sugar control — tackling sugar production, insulin release, and sugar absorption all at once.
- Helps reduce both fasting and after-meal glucose spikes.
- May reduce the number of pills needed compared to taking separate medicines.
Safety & Precautions
- Should be taken as advised by a doctor, usually with meals to minimize digestive discomfort
- There is a risk of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), especially if meals are delayed or missed, or with alcohol.
- Be aware of possible gastrointestinal effects (like nausea, stomach discomfort, gas) because one component acts in the gut.
- Not suitable for type 1 diabetes or certain severe kidney or liver conditions (as advised by a doctor)
Scientific Literature (External Links)
- Voglibose + Metformin: improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
- Oral hypoglycemic agents, including sulfonylureas + biguanides: mechanism of action
- Use of Glimepiride + Metformin + Voglibose in Type 2 Diabetes: clinical overview
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