Patients with diabetes should strictly follow the doctor's recommendations. Especially careful control is needed when choosing a dose or when switching from another hypoglycemic drug. Oral hypoglycemic agents should not replace a therapeutic diet, which allows you to control the body weight of the patient. Skipping meals or not following a doctor's recommendation can significantly reduce the concentration of glucose in the blood and lead to unconsciousness. When taking the pill before meals, and not as recommended, at the beginning of the meal, the effect of the drug on the concentration of glucose in the blood is more pronounced, which increases the risk of developing hypoglycemia.
When symptoms of hypoglycemia appear, you should immediately take food containing easily digestible carbohydrates. In the case of persisting hypoglycemia, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Physical activity can exacerbate hypoglycemic effects.
Alcohol or stress may increase or decrease the hypoglycemic effect of sulfonylurea derivatives.
The use of sulfonylurea derivatives in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency can lead to the development of hemolytic anemia. As glycidone refers to the derivatives of sulfonylureas, caution should be exercised when using the drug in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and, if possible, it is necessary to decide on the drug change.
One tablet of the drug Yuglin contains 134.0 mg of lactose (536.0 mg of lactose in the maximum daily dose). Patients with rare hereditary diseases, such as galactosemia, lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption, should not take the drug.
Glikvidon refers to short-acting sulfonylureas and is therefore used in patients with type 2 diabetes with an increased risk of hypoglycemia, for example in elderly patients and patients with impaired renal function.Since the excretion of glycidone by the kidneys is insignificant, the drug Yuglin can be used in patients with renal insufficiency and diabetic nephropathy. However, treatment of patients with severe renal insufficiency should be carried out under close medical supervision.
There is evidence that the use of glycidone in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus having concomitant liver disease is effective and safe. Only the excretion of inactive metabolites in these patients is somewhat delayed. In clinical studies in patients with diabetes mellitus and violations of liver function of varying severity (including acute cirrhosis of the liver with portal hypertension), glycidone did not cause further impairment of liver function, the incidence of side effects did not increase, hypoglycemic reactions were not detected. However, patients with diabetes mellitus and concomitant hepatic insufficiency of severe degree are not recommended.
During clinical trials, it was found that the use of glycidone for 18 and 30 months did not lead to an increase in body weight, even there were cases of weight loss of 1-2 kg.In comparative studies with other derivatives sulfonylureas, it was shown that in patients taking glycidone more than a year, there are no significant changes in body weight.