Asenza Plus Dosage & Drug Information

Concise Prescribing Info Full Prescribing Info Contents Description Action Indications/Uses Dosage/Direction for Use Overdosage Contraindications Warnings Special Precautions Use In Pregnancy & Lactation Adverse Reactions Drug Interactions Storage MIMS Class ATC Classification Regulatory Classification Presentation/Packing

Concise Prescribing Info

Contents

Per 15 mg/2 mg tab Pioglitazone HCl 15 mg, glimepiride 2 mg. Per 30 mg/2 mg tab Pioglitazone HCl 30 mg, glimepiride 2 mg

Indications/Uses

Adjunct to diet & exercise as a once-daily combination therapy to improve glycemic control in patients w/ type 2 diabetes who are already treated w/ a combination of pioglitazone & a sulfonylurea; whose diabetes is not adequately controlled w/ a sulfonylurea alone; patients who have initially responded to pioglitazone alone & require additional glycemic control.

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Dosage/Direction for Use

Usual dose: 30 mg/2 mg once daily. Max dose: Pioglitazone 45 mg.

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Overdosage

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Administration

Should be taken with food: Take w/ 1st main meal of the day.

Contraindications

Diabetic ketoacidosis w/ or w/o coma, NYHA Class III or IV cardiac status.

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Warnings

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Special Precautions

Patients w/ edema. Pregnancy & lactation.

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Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

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Adverse Reactions

Myalgia, tooth disorder, aggravation of DM, pharyngitis, edema; hypoglycemia, headache, nausea, dizziness, asthenia.

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Drug Interactions

Enzyme inhibitor or reducer of CYP2C8 eg gemfibrozil, rifampicin. Adrenaline (epinephrine), aminogluthethimide, chlorpromazine, corticosteroids, diazoxide, OCs, rifamycins, thiazide diuretics. ACE inhibitors, alcohol, allopurinol, azapropazone, phenylbutazone, salicylates, azole antifungals, chloramphenicol, cimetidine, clofibrate & related compd, coumarin anticoagulants, halofenate, heparin, MAOIs, octreotide, ranitidine, sulfinpyrazone, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, TCAs, thyroid hormones.

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Storage

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Description

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Action

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MIMS Class

Antidiabetic Agents

ATC Classification

A10BD06 - glimepiride and pioglitazone ; Belongs to the class of combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs. Used in the treatment of diabetes.

Regulatory Classification

Presentation/Packing

Form

Asenza Plus 30 mg/2 mg tab

Packing/Price

30's

Form

Asenza Plus 15 mg/2 mg tab

Packing/Price

30's

Asenza Plus

pioglitazone + glimepiride

Manufacturer:

Ajanta Pharma Phil

Distributor:

Ajanta Pharma Phil