Prandin for Managing Post-Meal Blood Sugar Spikes in Type 2 Diabetes

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What is Prandin (repaglinide)?

What Is Prandin? Prandin (repaglinide) is an oral diabetes medicine in the meglitinide class used together with diet and exercise to treat type 2 (non- insulin dependent) diabetes. Other diabetes medicines are sometimes used in combination with Prandin.

What is Prandin used for?

What is Prandin? Prandin is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels by causing the pancreas to produce insulin. Prandin is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Prandin is not for treating type 1 diabetes.

Is Prandin a diabetes medicine?

Prandin (repaglinide) is an oral diabetes medicine in the meglitinide class used together with diet and exercise to treat type 2 (non- insulin dependent) diabetes. Other diabetes medicines are sometimes used in combination with Prandin. What Are Side Effects of Prandin?

What if I am allergic to Prandin?

Prandin is used to lower blood sugar in patients with high blood sugar (diabetes). If you are allergic to Prandin; any part of this medicine; or any other drugs, foods, or substances. Tell your doctor about the allergy and what signs you had. If you have any of these health problems: Acidic blood problem or type 1 diabetes.

What are Prandin® tablets?

Prandin® tablets are round and convex and engraved with the Novo Nordisk logo (Apis bull). The strengths are 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 2 mg. 0.5 mg tablets are white, 1 mg tablets are yellow and 2 mg tablets are peach-coloured. Four blister pack sizes are available.

What Is Prandin

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Prandin Information

1. https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.258.pdf
2. https://patient.info/medicine/repaglinide-for-diabetes-enyglid
3. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2019/020741s044lbl.pdf