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• Product: Litacarbose 100mg/Tab
• Chinese name: 衛醣 錠
• Content: Acarbose 100mg
• Target: Non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes mellitus

Usage and dosage

• The initial dose is usually half of a 100mg Litacarbose tablet, three times a day. The maintenance dose can be increased up to 3 times a day, each time one tab of Litacarbose tablet.
• The Litacarbose tablet must be swallowed whole with a small amount of liquid before meals or eaten with several mouthfuls of food during the meal.

Drug storage

• Store it in a dry place at temperature below 30 ℃.
• Remove the tablet from the aluminum foil before use. If the tablet is not stored in aluminum foil, it will discolor and deterioration under high temperature and high humidity.
• Do not take expired medicines.
• Store it in a place not easily accessible to children.

Possible adverse reactions

• Gastrointestinal discomfort, flatulence, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
• A few cases may have skin allergic reactions, such as skin redness, rash, or asymptomatic elevation of liver enzymes. These symptoms, upon assessment, can go away following discontinuation.

Special medication instructions

• Take the Litacarbose tablet with diet, exercise or other medications to control blood sugar effectively.
• The Litacarbose tablet can lower blood sugar levels and will not cause hypoglycemia. However, sulfonylurea, metformin or insulin doses must be moderately reduced when the Litacarbose tablet combined with other diabetic therapeutic agents, such as oral sulphonylurea, metformin, or insulin injections, brings down blood sugar levels to the range of hypoglycemia.
• Since the Litacarbose tablet can inhibit the decomposition of macromolecular sugar into absorbable micromolecular sugar and slow the decomposition of carbohydrate, it is necessary to take glucose immediately to relieve hypoglycemia (e.g. sweating, trembling, blurred vision, accelerated heartbeat, headache) when acute hypoglycemia occurs using the above-mentioned drugs.
• If you forget to take the Litacarbose tablet during meals, take one dose immediately after meals, or wait until the next meal. But only take one dose, not two at a time.