Forxiga 10mg (dapagliflozin 10mg) – 28 tabs
KSh5,420.00
Forxiga contains the active substance dapagliflozin. It belongs to a group of medicines called “oral anti-diabetics”.
• These are medicines taken by mouth for diabetes.
• They work by lowering the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood.
Forxiga is used for the type of diabetes called type 2 diabetes where your body does not make enough insulin or is not able to use the insulin it produces properly. This leads to a high level of sugar in your blood. Forxiga works by removing excess sugar from your body via your urine. It can also help prevent heart disease.
Forxiga
Forxiga contains the active substance dapagliflozin. It belongs to a group of medicines called “sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors”. They work by blocking the SGLT2 protein in your kidney. By blocking this protein, blood sugar (glucose), salt (sodium) and water are removed from your body via the urine.
What Forxiga is used for
Forxiga is used in adult patients (aged 18 years and older) to treat:
- Type 2 diabetes
- if your type 2 diabetes cannot be controlled with diet and exercise.
- Forxiga can be used on its own or together with other medicines to treat diabetes.
- It is important to continue to follow the advice on diet and exercise given to you by your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
- Heart failure
- in patients with symptoms due to a weak pump function of the heart.
What is type 2 diabetes and how does Forxiga help?
- In type 2 diabetes your body does not make enough insulin or is not able to use the insulin it makes properly. This leads to a high level of sugar in your blood. This can lead to serious problems like heart or kidney disease, blindness, and poor circulation in your arms and legs.
- Forxiga works by removing excess sugar from your body. It can also help prevent heart disease.
What is heart failure and how does Forxiga help?
- This type of heart failure occurs when the heart is weak and cannot pump enough blood to the lungs and the rest of the body. This can lead to serious medical problems and need for hospital care.
- The most common symptoms of heart failure are feeling breathless, feeling tired or very tired all the time, and ankle swelling.
- Forxiga helps protect your heart from getting weaker and improves your symptoms. It can lower the need to go to hospital and can help some patients to live longer.
How to use
• The recommended dose is one 10 mg tablet each day.
• Your doctor may start you on a 5 mg dose if you have a liver problem.
• Your doctor will prescribe the strength that is right for you.
Taking this medicine:
• Swallow the tablet whole with half a glass of water.
• You can take your tablet with or without food.
• You can take the tablet at any time of the day. However, try to take it at the same time each day.
This will help you to remember to take it.
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