Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Glucovance as follows:
- Report any symptoms of stomach upset, such as, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and metallic taste in the mouth immediately to your doctor.
- Be sure to use adequate sun protection, while taking Glucovance, as the skin can turn more sensitive to sunlight due to the medication.
- 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.
- Also, notify your doctor, if the blood sugar continues to be high, despite taking Glucovance as recommended, so that, your medication dose could be revised.
