Product Description
Valera Tablet
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Product introduction
Valera Tablet is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is used together with a healthy diet and regular exercise to control blood sugar levels. This helps to prevent serious complications of diabetes such as kidney damage and blindness.
Valera Tablet is normally prescribed when diet and exercise alone or other medicines do not prove sufficient to control your blood sugar level. Your doctor may prescribe it alone or in combination with other diabetes medicines. It can be taken with or without food. The dose will depend on your condition, and blood sugar levels. Use it strictly as advised by your doctor.
You should take it regularly at the same time each day to get the most benefit from it. Do not stop taking the medicine unless your doctor recommends it. It is important to continue eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly while taking this medicine. Your lifestyle plays a big part in controlling diabetes.
The most common side effect of this medicine is hypoglycemia. Symptoms of hypoglycemia include lightheadedness, sweating, dizziness, fainting, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting. It is important to recognize the side effects and know how to deal with them. You can carry sugar or glucose candy to control low blood sugar levels. It may also cause nasopharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infections like sore throat, cough, and cold. Contact your doctor if the side effects worry you or if they do not go away.
Before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have ever had kidney disease, heart disease, or pancreas problems. Some other medicines you are taking may interfere with this medicine's working. So, make sure your doctor knows about all the other medicines you are using.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Limit your alcohol intake while taking this medicine because it can increase your risk of developing low blood sugar levels. You may need regular tests such as kidney function and blood glucose levels to check that the medicine is working properly.
Valera Tablet is normally prescribed when diet and exercise alone or other medicines do not prove sufficient to control your blood sugar level. Your doctor may prescribe it alone or in combination with other diabetes medicines. It can be taken with or without food. The dose will depend on your condition, and blood sugar levels. Use it strictly as advised by your doctor.
You should take it regularly at the same time each day to get the most benefit from it. Do not stop taking the medicine unless your doctor recommends it. It is important to continue eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly while taking this medicine. Your lifestyle plays a big part in controlling diabetes.
The most common side effect of this medicine is hypoglycemia. Symptoms of hypoglycemia include lightheadedness, sweating, dizziness, fainting, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting. It is important to recognize the side effects and know how to deal with them. You can carry sugar or glucose candy to control low blood sugar levels. It may also cause nasopharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infections like sore throat, cough, and cold. Contact your doctor if the side effects worry you or if they do not go away.
Before taking this medicine, let your doctor know if you have ever had kidney disease, heart disease, or pancreas problems. Some other medicines you are taking may interfere with this medicine's working. So, make sure your doctor knows about all the other medicines you are using.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Limit your alcohol intake while taking this medicine because it can increase your risk of developing low blood sugar levels. You may need regular tests such as kidney function and blood glucose levels to check that the medicine is working properly.
Uses of Valera Tablet
Benefits of Valera Tablet
In Treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Valera Tablet belongs to a group of medicines called DPP-4 inhibitors (or gliptins). It helps increase the amount of insulin your body produces after a meal and to stop your body from releasing too much glucose (sugar) into your blood. This way it lowers the blood glucose levels in your body. It is usually taken once a day and has relatively few common side effects.
Lowering blood glucose levels is an essential part of managing diabetes. Controlling the blood glucose level helps prevent serious complications of diabetes such as kidney damage, blindness, and loss of limbs. Proper control of diabetes can also reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Taking this medicine regularly along with a proper program of diet and exercise will help you live a normal, healthy life. You should keep using it for as long as it is prescribed for long-term benefits.
Lowering blood glucose levels is an essential part of managing diabetes. Controlling the blood glucose level helps prevent serious complications of diabetes such as kidney damage, blindness, and loss of limbs. Proper control of diabetes can also reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Taking this medicine regularly along with a proper program of diet and exercise will help you live a normal, healthy life. You should keep using it for as long as it is prescribed for long-term benefits.
Side effects of Valera Tablet
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Valera
- Stomach inflammation
- Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the throat and nasal passages)
- Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar level) in combination with insulin or sulphonylurea
- Joint pain
How to use Valera Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Valera Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How Valera Tablet works
Valera Tablet is an anti-diabetic medication. It works by increasing the release of insulin from the pancreas and decreasing the hormones that raise blood sugar levels. This reduces the fasting and postmeal sugar levels.
Safety advice
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Valera Tablet. Please consult your doctor.
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Valera Tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR
Valera Tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the baby.
SAFE
Valera Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.
However, patients should be alerted to the risk of hypoglycemia especially when Valera Tablet is coadministered with sulfonylurea and/or insulin.
However, patients should be alerted to the risk of hypoglycemia especially when Valera Tablet is coadministered with sulfonylurea and/or insulin.
CAUTION
Valera Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Valera Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
However, the use of Valera Tablet is not recommended in patients with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis due to a lack of clinical data.
However, the use of Valera Tablet is not recommended in patients with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis due to a lack of clinical data.
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Valera Tablet is safe to use in patients with liver disease. No dose adjustment of Valera Tablet is recommended.
However, caution should be exercised in patients with severe liver disease as there are no clinical data about its use in such cases.
However, caution should be exercised in patients with severe liver disease as there are no clinical data about its use in such cases.
What if you forget to take Valera Tablet?
If you miss a dose of Valera Tablet, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not double the dose.
All substitutes
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