Common Skin rash, Flatulence, Abdominal pain, Diarrhoea.

Expert advice for Prandial Tablet MD
Prandial is used together with other diabetes medicines to control blood sugar and avoids long-term complications. You should continue to exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and take your other diabetes medicines along with Prandial. Prandial lowers your post-meal blood sugar levels, and therefore should be taken just before meals. Side effects such as stomach pain, gas, and diarrhoea may occur during the first few weeks of treatment but should get better with time.

Q. Can I use Prandial for weight loss?
No. Prandial is not approved for weight loss. It can produce weight loss on prolonged use due to inhibition of carbohydrate digestion and delayed gastric emptying. It is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with post-prandial hyperglycemia.

Q. Prandial should not be used in which condition?
Prandial should not be used in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, colonic ulceration, intestinal obstruction, or chronic intestinal disease and in patients with severe hepatic impairment.

Q. Can I use Prandial with insulin?
Yes. Prandial can be used along with Insulin. It may potentiate the hypoglycemic effects of insulin, so the dosages of these agents may need to be changed accordingly.

Q. What would be the benefit to taking Pioglitazone vs Prandial?
Pioglitazone gives a better control of blood sugar as compared to Prandial.

Q. Which class of drug Prandial belongs?
Prandial belongs to the class of drug known as an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.

Q. How to use Prandial?
Prandial are taken orally and should be chewed with the first mouthful of food, or swallowed whole with a little liquid directly before the meal. It is only effective in patients eating complex carbohydrates as they delay glucose absorption until further along the digestive tract.

Q. Why is Prandial safer than acarbose?
Prandial has less chance of causing flatulence and gastrointestinal side effects than acarbose.

Q. Can I take Prandial and metformin in combination?
Yes. Prandial can be taken with metformin.