GLUCOBAY 100 TABLET 100 mg

BAYER (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE LTD

BAYER (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE LTD

Therapeutic

Prescription Only

TABLET

**Dosage And Method of Administration** **Recommended usual dose for additional therapy in association with diet in patients with diabetes mellitus:** The dosage must be adjusted by the doctor to suit each patient, because efficacy and tolerability vary from one individual to another. Unless otherwise prescribed, the recommended dosage is as follows: Initially 3 x 1 tablet of 50 mg Glucobay/day or 3 x ½ tablet of 100 mg Glucobay/day up to 3 x 2 tablets of 50 mg Glucobay/day or 3 x 1 tablet of 100 mg Glucobay/day A further increase in dosage to 3 x 200 mg Glucobay/day may occasionally be necessary. The dose may be increased after 4 – 8 weeks, and if patients show an inadequate clinical response in the later course of the treatment. If distressing complaints develop in spite of strict adherence to the diet, the dose should not be increased further, and if necessary should be somewhat reduced. The average dose is 300 mg Glucobay/day (corresponding to 3 x 2 tablets of Glucobay tablets 50 mg/day, or 3 x 1 tablet Glucobay tablets 100 mg/day). **Method of administration:** Glucobay tablets are effective only if swallowed whole with a little liquid directly before the meal or be chewed with the first few mouthfuls of the meal. **Special monitoring advice:** see Special Warnings and Precautions for Use – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_. **Additional information on special populations** Children and adolescents: see Special Warnings and Precautions for Use – _please refer to the Product Insert/Patient Information Leaflet published on HSA for the full drug information_. Geriatric patients: No alteration of dosage or dosing frequency is recommended with regard to the age of the patients. Patients with renal impairment: see Contraindications. Duration of use: It is not envisaged that there will be any time restriction in the use of Glucobay tablets.