Minerva 50mg Tablet
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Product introduction
Minerva 50mg Tablet is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It helps control the high blood sugar levels in your body after each meal. It is used when other similar medicines along with a restricted diet, are unable to control abnormally high blood sugar levels.
Minerva 50mg Tablet should be taken just before a meal or along with the first mouthful of food. The dose and how often you need it will be decided by your doctor so that you get the right amount to control your blood sugar levels. The dose may be increased gradually. Do not stop taking it without consulting your doctor. If you do, your blood sugar levels may increase and put you at risk of serious complications like kidney damage and blindness.
This medicine is only part of a treatment program that should also include a healthy diet, regular exercise, and weight reduction as advised by your doctor. Monitor your blood sugar levels regularly while taking this medicine.
The most common side effects of this medicine include skin rash, flatulence (gas), stomach pain, and diarrhea. Please consult your doctor if these bother you or do not go away.
This medicine by itself does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). However, when used in combination with other diabetes medicines (especially insulin or sulphonylureas), it can lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). Such episodes of hypoglycemia should be treated by taking plain glucose. Table sugar or common sugar will not help correct low blood sugar levels if you are taking this medicine.
Before taking it, let your doctor know if you have any kidney or liver problems. Do not take this medicine if you have ulceration or inflammation in the bowel (eg. ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease). Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Please tell your doctor about all the other medicines you are taking to make sure you are safe. Avoid excessive alcohol intake while taking this medicine as it may increase the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels).
Minerva 50mg Tablet should be taken just before a meal or along with the first mouthful of food. The dose and how often you need it will be decided by your doctor so that you get the right amount to control your blood sugar levels. The dose may be increased gradually. Do not stop taking it without consulting your doctor. If you do, your blood sugar levels may increase and put you at risk of serious complications like kidney damage and blindness.
This medicine is only part of a treatment program that should also include a healthy diet, regular exercise, and weight reduction as advised by your doctor. Monitor your blood sugar levels regularly while taking this medicine.
The most common side effects of this medicine include skin rash, flatulence (gas), stomach pain, and diarrhea. Please consult your doctor if these bother you or do not go away.
This medicine by itself does not cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). However, when used in combination with other diabetes medicines (especially insulin or sulphonylureas), it can lead to hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels). Such episodes of hypoglycemia should be treated by taking plain glucose. Table sugar or common sugar will not help correct low blood sugar levels if you are taking this medicine.
Before taking it, let your doctor know if you have any kidney or liver problems. Do not take this medicine if you have ulceration or inflammation in the bowel (eg. ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease). Pregnant or breastfeeding women should also consult their doctor before taking it. Please tell your doctor about all the other medicines you are taking to make sure you are safe. Avoid excessive alcohol intake while taking this medicine as it may increase the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar levels).
Uses of Minerva Tablet
Side effects of Minerva 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 Minerva
- Skin rash
- Flatulence
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
How to use Minerva 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. Minerva 50mg Tablet is to be taken with food.
How Minerva Tablet works
Minerva 50mg Tablet is an anti-diabetic medicine. It inhibits the intestinal enzymes responsible for breaking complex sugars into simple sugars such as glucose. This prevents blood glucose levels from rising very high immediately after meals.
Safety advice
Alcohol
UNSAFE
It is unsafe to consume alcohol with Minerva 50mg Tablet.
Pregnancy
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Minerva 50mg Tablet is generally considered safe to use during pregnancy. Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effects to the developing baby; however, there are limited human studies.
Breast feeding
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Minerva 50mg Tablet is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
Driving
SAFE
Minerva 50mg Tablet does not usually affect your ability to drive.
Kidney
CAUTION
Minerva 50mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Minerva 50mg Tablet may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Use of Minerva 50mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease.
Use of Minerva 50mg Tablet is not recommended in patients with severe kidney disease.
Liver
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Minerva 50mg Tablet is probably safe to use in patients with liver disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Minerva 50mg Tablet may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.
What if you forget to take Minerva Tablet?
If you miss a dose of Minerva 50mg Tablet, skip it and continue with your normal schedule. Do not double the dose.
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Quick tips
- Minerva 50mg Tablet lowers your post-meal blood sugar levels. Therefore, it should be taken before meals.
- Side effects such as stomach pain, gas, and diarrhea may occur during the first few weeks of treatment but should get better with time.
- Minerva 50mg Tablet is used together with other diabetes medicines to control blood sugar and avoid long-term complications.
- Minerva 50mg Tablet lowers your post-meal blood sugar levels. Therefore, it should be taken before meals.
- Side effects such as stomach pain, gas, and diarrhea may occur during the first few weeks of treatment but should get better with time.
- You should continue to exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and take your other diabetes medicines along with Minerva 50mg Tablet.
Fact Box
Chemical Class
Desoxynojirimycin Derivative
Habit Forming
No
Therapeutic Class
ANTI DIABETIC
Action Class
Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors (AGIs)
Interaction with drugs
Taking Minerva with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects
Concurrent use may increase the risk of low blood sugar levels. Elderly, malnourished, diabetic individuals and those with kidney and heart dysfunction are at higher risk.
If conc
If used together, Bortezomib may interrupt with efficacy of Miglitol.
Your doctor may monitor your blood glucose levels along with your overall treatment closely and adjust the do
Concurrent use may increase the risk of high blood sugar levels.
If concurrent use is essential, your doctor may monitor your glucose levels frequently and adjust the doses as per
Concurrent use may interfere with control over blood sugar.
Your doctor may monitor your diabetic control closely and adjust the doses as per the observations.
Concurrent use may interfere with control over blood sugar.
Your doctor may monitor your diabetic control closely and adjust the doses as per the observations.
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Is Minerva 50mg Tablet safe?
Yes, Minerva 50mg Tablet is relatively safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
How does Minerva 50mg Tablet work?
Minerva 50mg Tablet belongs to the class of anti-diabetic drugs called alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. It blocks an enzyme known as ?-glucoside hydrolase and thus delays glucose absorption from intestine, thereby reducing the excessive rise in blood sugar level after a meal.
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Name: Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Address: Orchid Towers', #313, Valluvar Kottam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034, Tamil Nadu, India
Country of origin: India
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