Patient was educated on how to take meglitinides as follows:
- Meglitinides are quick and short to act. So, they are taken right before eating or along with the meal. Since they are quick to act, they are helpful in individuals with irregular eating times.
- This medication is to be taken no earlier than 30 minutes before the meal. Do not skip your meals.
- Maintain compliance with your dietary recommendations, as ordered.
- Maintain compliance with any exercise scheduled prescribed by your doctor. Try not to overdo on your exercise.
- Take weight reading at least twice a week and maintain a log of every reading for comparative feedback. Maintain an ideal weight for your height.
- Maintain strict compliance with intake of the medication as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the medication.
- Do not change the dose on this medication without consulting your doctor.
- Take a blood sugar reading always before you take the pill. Maintain a log of every day blood sugar readings for comparative feedback, as to how well the drug is helping to control the blood sugars.
- Since these drugs act very fast, forget not to eat immediately after you take the medication.
- If the blood sugar is too low, despite eating regularly and without skipping a meal, you can defer taking the medication for that dose and notify your doctor regarding the same.
- Keeping a track of frequency of such episodes of low blood sugars, despite eating regularly, can help your physician revise your dose on the medication.
- Also, notify your doctor, if the blood sugar continues to be high, despite taking the medication as recommended, so that, your medication dose could be revised.
