The Dosage of Glipita-M should be individualized on the basis of the patient?s current regimen, effectiveness and tolerabilty while not excceding the maximum recommended daily dose of 100 mg sitagliptin and 2000 mg metformin. Initial combination therapy or maintenance of combination therapy should be individualized and left to the discretion of the health care provider . Glipita-M shoul generally be given twice daily with meals , with gradual dose escalation , to reducethe gasterointestinal side effect due to metformin. The recommended starting dose not currently treated with metformin is 50 mg sitagliptin/500 mg metformin hydrochloride twice daily, with gradual dose escalation recommended to reduce gastrointestinal side effects associated with metformin .The starting dose in patient already treated with metformin should provide sitagliptin dosed as 50 mg twice daily (100 mg toatal daily dose )and the dose of metformin already being taken. For patients taking 850 mg twice daily the recommended starting dose of Glipita-M is 50 mg sitagliptin/1000 mg metformin hydrochloride twice daily.Patients treated with an insulin secrtagauge or insulin co-administration of Glipita-M with an insulin secrtagauge (e.g. sulfonylurea) or insulin may require lower dose of insulin secretagauge or insulin to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia .No studies have been performed specifically examining the safety and efficacy of Glipita-M in patients previously treated with other oral antihyperglycemic agents and switched to Glipita-M.
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