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, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed when taking Saxagliptin as follows: A rare, but serious side effect of using saxagliptin is acute inflammation of pancreas. Individuals with acute pancreatitis can present with severe upper abdominal pain, radiating to the back, along with severe nausea and vomiting. While taking saxagliptin, report to your physician at the earliest regarding any findings of acute pancreatitis for recommendations on management. Individuals with history of obesity, alcoholism, gallstones, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed when taking Saxagliptin as follows: Discuss with your physician or nutritionist regarding your recommended diet plan and calorie intake limitations, if any. Observe compliance with any recommendations made, to help the blood sugar numbers fall in the target range. Grossly overeating or undereating in comparison to the recommended calorie intake can lead to poor blood sugar control and compromise the therapeutic benefit of saxagliptin. Maintaining a log [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be observed when taking Saxagliptin as follows: Take the medication on schedule, every day, to avoid forgetting the medication. Taking this medication at regularly spaced intervals along with compliance for recommended dietary measures helps to prevent any gross fluctuations in blood sugar numbers and maintain them in the target range. Maintain strict compliance with intake of the medication as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on side effects of Saxagliptin use as follows: Hypoglycemia Normally, incretins stimulate secretion of insulin from the pancreas. The longer incretins stay in circulation, the more the stimulus for insulin secretion. Saxagliptin inhibits the breakdown of incretins and contributes to longer lifespan of incretins. This contributes to longer duration of action of incretins, leading to increase in insulin secretion. Increased insulin secretion results in increased shifting of blood glucose into the tissues, [...]