Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed when taking Saxagliptin as follows:
- Notify your doctor, if the blood sugar continues to be high, despite compliance with saxagliptin intake as recommended. This can assist your doctor with revising the dose of saxagliptin or adding another medication or changing the treatment plan altogether to help better control your numbers on blood sugar. Also, notify your doctor regarding any continuing or worsening unpleasant side-effects of saxagliptin use, so that, your treatment plan could be revised.
- If the blood sugars are getting too low with saxagliptin use, despite compliance with recommended nutrition and calorie intake, your dose of saxagliptin may need to be revised or change of plan considered. Notify your physician regarding any overly corrected blood sugars with saxagliptin use, resulting in episodes of hypoglycemia with extremely low blood sugars.
- Take weight reading regularly, every week, and maintain a log of every reading for comparative feedback. Maintain an ideal weight for your height, as striking this balance is key for blood sugar control. Both overweight and underweight conditions can disturb this balance and result in poor blood sugar control.
- Discuss with your physician regarding suggestions for exercise and calorie expenditure, based on parameters such as, weight, blood sugar regulation, average daily calorie intake, endurance, recommendations for weight loss, and so on. Observe compliance with any exercise scheduled prescribed by your doctor. Try not to underdo or overdo on your recommended exercise schedule, as it can contribute to poor blood sugar control. Underperforming on recommendations for exercise schedule can lead to poor calorie expenditure, weight gain, and poor blood sugar control with higher blood sugars than the desired. Overperforming on recommendations for exercise schedule can lead to excess calorie expenditure, excess weight loss than planned, and overly corrected blood sugars with lower numbers than the desired.
