Dapalex M 10/500mg Strip Of 10 Tablets

• If you are allergic to dapagliflozin, metformin or any other ingredient of Dapalex M tablet .
• If you have kidney disease or liver disease.
• If you drink alcohol or alcohol-containing beverages excessively or regularly.
• If you had a heart attack, shock, breathing problems or any other disease which may reduce the amount of oxygen supplied to the body tissues.
• If you have very low/very high blood sugar levels, diabetic ketoacidosis (a serious complication of diabetes) or lactic acidosis.
• If you have a severe infection or are dehydrated.

• Low blood sugar levels
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea
• Loss of appetite

• Take Dapalex M tablet as a whole with sufficient water.
• Always take this medicine exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
• Do not consume more than the prescribed dose.
• Do not discontinue the medicine on your own without consulting your doctor.

• Store in a cool and dry place away from direct sunlight.
• Keep it out of reach of children and pets.

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How Does It Work?

• Dapalex M tablet contains dapagliflozin and metformin as its active ingredients.
• Dapagliflozin blocks a specific protein in the kidneys called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2), which is responsible for the reabsorption of glucose (sugar) from the urine into the bloodstream....

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• Metformin decreases glucose production and also reduces its absorption in the body.
• As a result, the level of blood sugar is reduced, which helps to control Type 2 diabetes.

Other general Interactions

• You have type 1 diabetes (where your body does not produce any insulin). This medicine should not be used in such cases.
• You have diabetic ketoacidosis (a serious complication of diabetes) or develop symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis like rapid weight loss, nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, difficulty in breathing, un...

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• You develop symptoms of lactic acidosis like vomiting, stomach pain, muscle cramps, a general feeling of being unwell, difficulty breathing, and low body temperature after taking this medicine.
• You have heart or kidney disease.
• You have very high sugar levels or other conditions like long persisting vomiting/diarrhoea which makes you dehydrated.
• You have or had low blood pressure or take medicines to lower blood pressure.
• You often get infections of the urinary tract.
• You develop any kind of infection of the feet.
• You develop symptoms of pain, tenderness, redness, irritation, itching, unusual discharge or odour, swelling of the genitals or the area between the genitals and anus with fever.
• You are scheduled to have any major surgery soon.
• You are taking medicines called bronchodilators to treat asthma (salbutamol) or corticosteroids to treat inflammation in asthma or arthritis (fluticasone, prednisone, celestone).

Interactions with other medicines

• Tell your doctor about all medicines, supplements or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interaction.
• The use of this Tablet with diuretics (furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) may increase the risk of dehydration and low blood pressure.
• This medicine when used together with insulin and insulin secretagogues (sulphonylurea) may cause extremely low blood sugar levels.
• Dapalex M tablet should not be used if undergoing X-ray with a certain type of injectable dye called iodinated contrast agents and with medicines used to treat stomach acidity (cimetidine).
• Particular care should be taken when using medicines to treat tuberculosis (rifampicin), high/abnormal cholesterol (simvastatin), immune system alteration (glucocorticoids), pain and fever (non-steroi...

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