Emfera-L

by Helix

Active ingredient: Linagliptin

Packs

• Tab · 10/5 mg · 14's
• Tab · 25/5 mg · 14's

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Always confirm a substitution with your pharmacist.

About Linagliptin

Hypoglycaemic excluding Insulin

Uses

Type II diabetes inadequately controlled by diet and exercise: as monotherapy when metformin alone is inadequate; with metformin when metformin alone is inadequate, with metformin and a sulfonylurea when dual therapy is inadequate; or with insulin when insulin with or without metformin, is inadequate.

How to take it

Adults: 5 mg daily. In combination therapy consider lower dose of sulfonylurea or insulin. Children: Not recommended.

Side effects

Hypoglycaemia.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Contraindicated in pregnancy. Lactation: Contraindicated or not recommended. Contraindications: Diabetic ketoacidosis. Precautions: Risk of pancreatitis; advise patient of symptoms, discontinue if suspected. Elderly > 80 years.

Advice

Take with or without meals.

Full information on Linagliptin →

Interactions with Linagliptin

Potent CYP3A4 and P-gp inducers.

Tell your pharmacist or doctor about every medicine you take, including herbal products.

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Other brands with the same ingredients

• Diblay-L
• Elm XR
• Elzaflo-LG
• Elzanor-TXR
• Emglif-L
• Emglif-LM
• Emjard-L
• Emjard-LM

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• Dilair
• Dolix
• Doris
• Elm XR
• Eplipsa
• Ertulix-S
• Esilgan
• Fotiflox

Compiled by Healify Pharmacy from published drug references. How we compile it →

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