Vildagliptina para diabetes

About vildagliptin

Insulin is a hormone which is made naturally in your body, in the pancreas. It helps to control the levels of sugar (glucose) in your blood. If your body does not make enough insulin, or if it does not use the insulin it makes effectively, this results in the condition called diabetes (diabetes mellitus).

People with diabetes need treatment to control the amount of sugar in their blood. This is because good control of blood sugar levels reduces the risk of complications later on. Some people can control the sugar in their blood by making changes to the food they eat but, for other people, medicines like vildagliptin are given alongside the changes in diet.

Vildagliptin works in part by increasing the amount of insulin produced by your body. It also reduces the amount of a substance called glucagon being produced by your pancreas. Glucagon causes your liver to produce more sugar, so by reducing the amount of glucagon in your body, this also helps to reduce the levels of sugar in your blood.

Vildagliptin can be used by itself or alongside other medicines for diabetes, to help control your blood sugar level in different ways. Vildagliptin is available in a combination tablet with metformin to reduce the number of tablets you need to take each day.

Before taking vildagliptin

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you start taking vildagliptin it is important that your doctor knows:

• Se você está grávida, tentando ter um bebê ou amamentando.

• Se você tiver algum problema com o funcionamento do seu fígado ou com o funcionamento dos seus rins.

• If you have a condition where your heart is not working as well as it should, known as heart failure.

• Se você estiver tomando outros medicamentos. Isso inclui quaisquer medicamentos que você esteja tomando e que estejam disponíveis para compra sem receita médica, bem como medicamentos fitoterápicos e complementares.

• Se você já teve uma reação alérgica a um medicamento.

How to take vildagliptin

• Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about vildagliptin tablets and will provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from taking them.

• Take vildagliptin exactly as your doctor tells you to. Swallow the tablets with a drink of water.

• The usual dose is one 50 mg tablet taken twice a day (Galvus® brand), although sometimes only one dose a day is needed depending on what other medicines you are taking. Your doctor will tell you how many doses you should take and this information will also be printed on the label of the pack of tablets to remind you. If you have been told to take one dose of vildagliptin each day, take it in the morning. If you have been told to take two doses each day, take your first dose in the morning and the second dose in the evening. You can take the vildagliptin tablets before, during or after meals.

• If you have been prescribed a combination tablet of vildagliptin with metformin (Eucreas® brand) you should take one tablet twice a day, just after meals. Taking the tablets with food will reduce the risk of stomach upset which is a side-effect of metformin. There are two strengths of Eucreas® tablet - both strengths contain the same amount of vildagliptin but the amount of metformin differs. You will be prescribed the strength of tablet that fits with your current metformin dose.

• Se você esquecer de tomar uma dose, tome-a assim que se lembrar (a menos que esteja quase na hora da próxima dose, nesse caso, pule a dose esquecida). Não tome duas doses juntas para compensar uma dose esquecida.

Obtendo o máximo do seu tratamento

• It is important that you keep your regular doctor's and clinic appointments. This is so that your progress can be monitored. You will need to have blood tests from time to time to make sure that your liver is working well. This is because vildagliptin can occasionally cause liver problems. The symptoms of this are feeling sick, being very tired, abdominal pain and dark-coloured urine - you must tell your doctor if you develop any of these symptoms.

• Seu médico pode recomendar que você teste regularmente o açúcar (glicose) no seu sangue ou urina para verificar se o seu diabetes está sendo controlado. Seu médico ou enfermeiro especializado em diabetes mostrará como fazer isso.

• Se você recebeu conselhos do seu médico sobre mudanças na sua dieta, parar de fumar ou fazer exercícios regularmente, é importante seguir os conselhos que lhe foram dados.

• Não consuma álcool, pois isso pode afetar o controle do seu açúcar no sangue. Pergunte ao seu médico se precisar de mais conselhos sobre isso.

• Se você é motorista, deve ter cuidado especial, pois sua capacidade de concentração pode ser afetada se o seu diabetes não estiver bem controlado. Pode ser aconselhado a verificar seus níveis de açúcar no sangue antes de viajar e a ter um lanche com você em viagens longas.

• Consulte o seu médico antes de iniciar qualquer novo exercício físico, pois isso afetará os seus níveis de açúcar no sangue e você pode precisar verificar seus níveis de sangue ou urina com mais regularidade.

• Make sure you know what it feels like if your blood sugar is low. This is known as hypoglycaemia, or a 'hypo'. Although vildagliptin is unlikely to cause low blood sugar, other medicines that you are taking for diabetes alongside it may. The first signs of hypoglycaemia are feeling shaky or anxious, sweating, looking pale, feeling hungry, having a feeling that your heart is pounding (palpitations), and feeling dizzy.

• If you are due to have an operation or dental treatment, you should tell the person carrying out the treatment that you have diabetes and that you are taking vildagliptin.

• Se você sentir sede incomum, urinar mais frequentemente do que o normal ou sentir-se muito cansado, deve informar o seu médico. Estes são sinais de que há muito açúcar no seu sangue e o seu tratamento pode precisar de ajustes.

• Treatment for diabetes is usually lifelong. Continue to take vildagliptin tablets unless you are advised otherwise by your doctor.

Can vildagliptin cause problems?

Along with their useful effects, most medicines can cause unwanted side-effects although not everyone experiences them. The table below contains some of the most common ones associated with vildagliptin. You will find a full list in the manufacturer's information leaflet supplied with your medicine. The unwanted effects often improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following continue or become troublesome.

Se você sentir quaisquer outros sintomas que acha que podem ser causados pelos comprimidos, fale com seu médico ou farmacêutico para mais orientações.

How to store vildagliptin

• Mantenha todos os medicamentos fora do alcance e da vista das crianças.

• Armazene em local fresco e seco, longe de calor e luz diretos.

Informações importantes sobre todos os medicamentos