Chlorpropamide is a medicine used to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes; however, the drug gives better results in the case of a balanced diet and exercise.
This medicine should only be used in accordance with a doctor’s instructions and can be found in pharmacies with the names Diabecontrol, Glicoben, Glicorp, Pramdalin, and are indicated for adults.
Diabetics cost between 12 and 40 reais, with packs containing 30 or 100 tablets.
Clopropamide is used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipid.
This medicine should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, and for adults with type 2 diabetes, it is recommended to start with 250 mg in a single daily intake and, if necessary, adjust the dose from 50 to 125 mg every 3 to 5 days. and the dose, the maintenance period is 100 to 500 mg, in a single daily intake.
For the elderly, it usually begins with 100 to 125 mg, in a single dose and, if necessary, adjust the dose from 50 to 125 every 3 to 5 days.
To treat diabetes insipid in adults, 100 to 250 mg are administered in a single dose and, if necessary, the dose is adjusted every 3 to 5 days, with the dose limit for adults: 500 mg per day.
Some side effects of the drug include reduced white and red blood cells in the blood test, anemia, hypoglycemia, decreased appetite, dizziness, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, blisters and ulcerations all over the body, and itching.
This medicine is contraindicated in cases of risk of pregnancy C, diabetic ketoacidosis with or without coma, major surgery, diabetic coma, other conditions that cause high fluctuations in glucose, heart or renal failure.