What should you do if you forget to take your oral diabetes drug??😨😨

It is very common to see that the patient forget to take his diabetes drug. But what should you do if you forget to take it? Today will talk about that and how the medicine taken.

Metformin

General and sustained-release dosage form are taken during or after meal. Enteric-coated dosage form is taken before meals.

If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If the time is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Acarbose

Take the tablets with meal (chew together with the food and then swallow). Capsule form should be swallowed the whole immediately before meals. Do not take acarbose if you do not have a meal!!!

If you forget to take acarbose while eating, you can chew it during or immediately after the meal. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Gliclazide sustained-release tablets / Glipizide controlled-release tablets

Take it before breakfast. If you haven't breakfast, take the medicine before the first meal.

If you forget to take the medicine before breakfast, you can take it during or immediately after breakfast.  If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Nateglinide / Repaglinide

Take the medicine immediately before meal. Do not take medicine if you do not have a meal.

If you forget to take the medicine before a meal, you can take it immediately during or after a meal. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Rosiglitazone Tablets / Pioglitazone Dispersible Tablets

Take the medicine before or after meal. 

If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Sitagliptin / Saxagliptin / Alogliptin / Vildagliptin / Linagliptin

These medicines are not affected by food. They can be taken with or without food

If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Dapagliflozin

Take medicine in the morning. Can be taken with or without food. 

If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

Canagliflozin

Take it before the first meal every day.

If you forget to take the medicine, take it as soon as possible. If it is close to the next dose, do not take it and must not double the next dose!

***Summary, metformin and acarbose will irritate intestine, so they should be taken during or after meal. And if you forget to take your diabetes drugs, take it as soon as possible. But if the time is close to the next dose, just take the next dose and must not double the dose!!!!!