What it is used for
- Type 2 diabetes, alone or with other medicines
- Improving sugar control alongside diet and exercise
How it is used
- Take it exactly as your doctor prescribed; your doctor decides the dose.
- It is usually taken at the start of a meal, as your doctor advises.
- Keep up the diet and exercise plan your doctor advised.
Before and while using it
- It may cause bloating and wind, especially at first.
- If sugar drops while on other diabetes medicines, use glucose (dextrose), not table sugar.
- Tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems.
- Tell your doctor about all other medicines you take.
Get medical help straight away if
- Your face, lips or tongue swell, or you find it hard to breathe.
- You get a severe rash, blistering or peeling skin.
- A side effect worries you or doesn’t go away: contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Questions about this medicine?
Talk to a doctor by video, or send your question by text.
Source: National drug formulary 2024, page 28
This guide is general information and doesn’t replace advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Don’t start, stop or change a medicine without asking them, and always read the leaflet in the pack.