Your Diabetes Medicine Important: DPP-4 Inhibitor Eat Healthy Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor Exercise everyday (dy-PEP-tih-dil) (PEP-tih-dayss) Test your blood glucose often Always take medicine as prescribed Check your feet everyday Avoid alcohol Stop smoking Brand Name Generic Name Januvia Sitagliptin phosphate (sih-tuh-GLIP-tin) (FOSS-fayt)

Who should not take Januvia?

Talk with your doctor about whether to take this type of medicine if

 You are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding  You have kidney disease  You have type 1 diabetes

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse  1-800-860-8747 Partners in Care – Pili `Ohana Partnership www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/medicines_ez/index.htm DPP-4 Inhibitor Possible Side Effects*

My dose is: mg - May cause low blood glucose

(hypoglycemia) if taken with other My pill is: or diabetes pills or insulin

- A cold The color of my pill is:

- Runny nose

How it works - Sore throat

- headache  Helps the pancreas make more insulin, which

lowers blood glucose.

*If you think you may be having a side  Helps liver from putting stored glucose into your blood. effect, talk to your provider before you stop taking the medicine.

How to take this medicine

 Take Januvia 1 time each day exactly as your doctor tells you. Caution  You can take Januvia with or without food.  If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you Do not stop taking this medicine without remember. If you do not remember until it is first checking with your provider. time for your next dose, skip the missed dose Stopping may cause your blood glucose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not to rise. take two doses of Januvia at the same time. Brand Name Generic Name  Avandamet  rosiglitazone (rohss-ih-GLIH- Combination Diabetes Pills (uh-VAN-duh- tuh-zohn) + metformin (met-FOR- met) min) Combination pills contain two different types What does this type of pill do? of diabetes pills. Several combination pills Avandamet is a combination of two pills. One pill are available. lowers the amount of glucose made by your liver. Both types help your insulin work the way it should.

To learn more about the types of pills in Avandamet, see Brand Name Generic Name the brochure on TZD and Biguanide.  Actoplus Met  pioglitazone (py-oh-GLIH- tuh-zohn) + metformin (met- FOR-min) Brand Name Generic Name What does this type of pill do?  Avandaryl  rosiglitazone (rohss-ih-GLIH- (uh-VAN-duh-ril) tuh-zohn) + glimepiride (gly-MEP- Actoplus Met is a combination of two types of pills. ih-ryd) One pill lowers the amount of glucose made by your liver. Both types help your insulin work the way it What does this type of pill do? should.

Avandaryl is a combination of two pills. One pill helps To learn more about the types of pills in Actoplus your insulin work the way it should. The other pill helps Met, see the brochure on TZD and Biguanide. make more insulin.

To learn more about the types of pills in Avandaryl, see the brochure on Sulfonylurea and TZD.

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www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/medicines_ez/index.htm Brand Name Generic Name Brand Name Generic Name  Janumet  sitagliptin (sih-tuh-GLIP-tin) +  Duetact  pioglitazone (py-oh-GLIH-tuh- metformin (met-FOR-min) (DOO-uh-tak) zohn) + glimepiride (gly-MEP-ih- ryd) What does this type of pill do?

What does this type of pill do? Janumet is a combination of two pills. One pill helps Duetact is a combination of two pills. One pill helps your body make more insulin after meals. It also helps your insulin work the way it should. The other pill helps keep your liver from putting stored glucose into your your body make more insulin. blood. The other pill lowers the amount of glucose made by your liver and helps your insulin work the way it To learn more about the types of pills in Duetact, see the should. brochure on TZD and Sulfonylurea. To learn more about the types of pills in Janumet, see the brochure on DPP-4 inhibitor and Biguanide.

Brand Name Generic Name Brand Name Generic Name  Glucovance  glyburide (GLY-buh-ryd) +  Metaglip  glipizide (GLIP-ih-zyd) + (GLOO-koh- metformin (met-FOR-min) metformin (met-FOR-min) vanss) What does this type of pill do? What does this type of pill do?

Glucovance is a combination of two pills. One pill helps Metaglip is a combination of two pills. One pill helps your body make more insulin. The other pill lowers the your body make more insulin. The other pill lowers the amount of glucose made by your liver and helps your amount of glucose made by your liver and helps your insulin work the way it should. insulin work the way it should.

To learn more about the types of pills in Glucovance, To learn more about the types of pills in Metaglip, see see the brochure on Sulfonylurea and Biguanide. the brochure on Sulfonylurea and Biguanide.