Is the oral time of different hypoglycemic drugs the same?

The oral time of different hypoglycemic drugs is different, and each requirement will be written on the outside of the package or in the instructions, and you must read the instructions carefully before taking the medicine.

The oral time of different hypoglycemic drugs is not necessarily the same, the main consideration is the time of meals, some can be taken at any stage within 24 hours, but some must be marked whether they are taken before or after meals.

Of course, it is different, because the ingredients of these hypoglycemic drugs are different, so the time of taking the medicine will be different, at this time, you must follow the doctor's instructions, do not go to eat blindly.

In the outpatient clinic, it is common to encounter sugar friends who ask whether it is better to take the hypoglycemic drugs in their hands before or after meals? Should once-a-day hypoglycemic drugs be taken in the morning or at night? Today, I will summarize several common hypoglycemic drugs and precautions for your reference.

In addition, because the condition of each diabetic friend is different, the specific dosage is subject to the doctor's instructions.

The following drugs have been sorted in pinyin:

Alogliptin:The timing of taking the medication is not affected by the time of the meal.

Acarbose:Swallow whole tablets before meals or chew with the first few bites of food.

Pioglitazone:For best results, take 1 time daily, 1 minute before breakfast.

Dapagliflozin:Take 1 time daily, before the first meal.

Empagliflozin:Take 1 time daily, before the first meal.

Metformin:Eating with or after a meal, long-term use may reduce the body's absorption of vitamin B12.

Voglibose:When taken at the beginning of each meal, mild bloating and increased gas may occur.

Glibenclamide:Take before meals.

Glipizide:Take 30 minutes before meals.

Glisilicone:Take 1-3 times daily, 30 minutes before meals.

Glimepiride:Take 1 time a day, immediately before the first meal, swallow whole, should not chew, and take with plenty of water, if skipped, do not increase the dose next time.

Gleclizide:Take 30 minutes before meals.

Canagliflozin:Take 1 time daily, before the first meal.

Linagliptin:1 time a day, in the morning, not affected by meals.

Rosiglitazone:For best results, take 1 time daily, 1 minute before breakfast.

Miglitol:Take 1 time daily, with or without food.

Mitiglinide:Take within 5 minutes before meals.

Naglitinide:Take within 15 minutes before meals.

Repaglitinide:Take 15 minutes before meals.

Saxagliptin:1 time a day, not affected by meals, do not break and take.

Vildagliptin:1 time in the morning and 1 time in the evening, with or without meals.

Sitagliptin:1 time a day, regardless of meal time.

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See what medicine the doctor is prescribing to you.

For example, the dosage form of metformin in the market is not the same, some patients use ordinary tablets of metformin, called metformin tablets, and some patients use metformin enteric-coated tablets, the generic name is metformin enteric-coated tablets, these two drugs are the same ingredient, different tablets made by different processes. For metformin tablets, the general instructions recommend taking it with a meal, what is it called taking it with a meal? That is, it can be before, during, or after meals, and there is no specific time requirement, but the dosage of the medicine taken every day is very important.

Metformin enteric-coated tablets themselves are coated with a layer of enteric-coated coating, which is not destroyed in an acidic environment and is a complete structure. If it is alkaline, there will be a lot of small holes in the coat film, and a large amount of water in the digestive tract will enter the center of the tablet through the small holes, and the membrane will be broken and then the medicine will be released. Therefore, it is stable in the case of acid, the coating film is intact, in the case of alkaline, the coating film will be destroyed, and it will be quickly released into the intestines, and the stomach is an acidic environment before eating, so the enteric-coated tablets can be completely preserved, and after entering the intestines through the stomach, it becomes an alkaline environment, so it is released in such a principle.

This requires that metformin enteric-coated tablets should be taken before meals in order to achieve rapid passage through the stomach and into the intestines. Why do doctors choose metformin enteric-coated tablets for patients, some patients have some gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms after taking metformin, doctors may choose metformin enterosolvent form to relieve the patient's nausea or stomach discomfort symptoms, choose such a dosage form. Therefore, when a patient takes the medicine, it mainly depends on what kind of dosage form the patient chooses metformin, and the dosage form determines the time to take the drug.

It is best to choose a hypoglycemic drug in the middle of the meal and drink it when you eat half of the meal, so that the effect of lowering blood sugar is better.

At present, the oral hypoglycemic drugs commonly used in clinical practice can be divided into the following according to the mechanism of action

1.insulin secreting agents, such as sulfonylurea toluenesulfonbutamide, glibenclamide, etc.;

2.drugs that increase peripheral glucose utilization, such as metformin hydrochloride of the biguanide family;

3.modulators of insulin secretion patterns, such as phenylalanines;

4.insulin sensitizers, such as thiazolidinediones;

5.Drugs that reduce intestinal absorption of glucose, such as glucosidase inhibitors;

6.Medications to improve diabetic complications.