Chlorpropamide is a medicine used to control blood sugar in the case of type 2 diabetes. However, the remedy works best if you eat a balanced diet and exercise.
This medication should only be used as directed by your doctor and can be found in pharmacies with the names Diabecontrol, Glicoben, Glicorp, Pramdalin, and it is indicated for adults.
Price
Diabinese costs between 12 to 40 reais, there are packages containing 30 or 100 tablets.
Indications
Clopropamide is used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus.
Mode of Use
This medicinal product should be used only on a doctor's note, and for adults with type 2 diabetes it is recommended to start with 250 mg once daily and, if necessary, adjust the dose by 50 to 125 mg every 3 to 5 days and the dose of maintenance is 100 to 500 mg in a single daily dose.
In the case of the elderly it usually starts with 100 to 125 mg in a single dose and, if necessary, adjust the dose by 50 to 125 every 3 to 5 days.
To treat diabetes insipidus in the case of adults is indicated 100 to 250 mg in a single dose and, if necessary, adjust the dose every 3 to 5 days, the dose limit for adults: 500 mg per day.
Side effects
Some side effects of the drug include reduction of white and red blood cells in the blood test, anemia, low blood sugar, reduced appetite, dizziness, headache, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, blisters and ulcerations throughout the body and itching.
Contraindications
This medication is contraindicated in pregnancy risk C, diabetic ketoacidosis with or without coma, large surgery, diabetic coma, other conditions that cause great fluctuations of glucose, cardiac or renal failure.
