cy room right away.
•When your body is under some types of stress, such as fever, trauma (such as a car accident), infection, or surgery, the amount of diabetes medicine that you need may change. Tell your doctor right away if you have any of these conditions and follow your doctor's instructions.
•Check your blood sugar as your doctor tells you to.
•Stay on your prescribed diet and exercise program while taking Tradjenta.
•Talk to your doctor about how to prevent, recognize and manage low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and complications of diabetes.
•Your doctor will check your diabetes with regular blood tests, including your blood sugar levels and your hemoglobin A1C.
Tradjenta side effects
Tradjenta may cause serious side effects, including:
•low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). If you take Tradjenta with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar, such as a sulfonylurea or insulin, your risk of getting low blood sugar is higher. The dose of your sulfonylurea medicine or insulin may need to be lowered while you take Tradjenta.
Signs and symptoms of low blood sugar may include:
◦headache
◦drowsiness
◦weakness
◦dizziness
◦confusion
◦irritability
◦hunger
◦fast heart beat
◦sweating
◦feeling jittery
The most common side effects of Tradjenta include:
•stuffy or runny nose and sore throat
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of Tradjenta. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
How should I store Tradjenta?
•Store Tradjenta at 59°F to 86°F (15°C to 30°C).
Keep Tradjenta and all medicines out of the reach of children.
General information about the safe and effective use of Tradjenta.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in Patient Information leaflets. Do not use Tradjenta for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give Tradjenta to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them.
This Patient Information summarizes the most important information about Tradjenta. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor.
You can ask your pharmacist or doctor for information about Tradjenta that is written for health professionals.
For more information, go to www.tradjenta.com or call Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 1-800-542-6257, or (TTY) 1-800-459-9906.
What are the ingredients in Tradjenta?
Active Ingredient: linagliptin
Inactive Ingredients: mannitol, pregelatinized starch, corn starch, copovidone, and magnesium stearate. The film coating contains the following inactive ingredients: hypromellose, titanium dioxide, talc, polyethylene glycol, and red ferric oxide.
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body does not make enough insulin, and or the insulin that your body produces does not work as well as it should. Your body can also make too much sugar. When this happens, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems.
The main goal of treating diabetes is to lower your blood sugar to a normal level. High blood sugar can be lowered |
