Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Actoplus Met as follows:
- Do not change the dose on Actoplus Met without consulting your doctor.
- Take a blood sugar reading always before you take dose of Actoplus Met. 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.
- If the blood sugar is too low, despite eating regularly and without skipping a meal, you can defer taking Actoplus Met 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 Actoplus Met as recommended, so that, your medication dose could be revised.
- If a dose is missed, it should be taken at the earliest notice of noncompliance, if it is within 2 hours of the scheduled missed dose time. Report the noncompliance to your physician. If it is time for the next dose, the missed dose can be skipped. Compensating for the missed dose by taking an extra dose can pose serious risk for an episode of extremely low blood sugars, thus precipitating an emergency.
