Ziten Tablet 20mg (Tenegliptin)
Ziten Tablet 20mg is a medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is used together with a healthy diet and regular exercise to control blood sugar levels. This helps to prevent serious complications of diabetes like kidney damage and blindness.
Ziten Tablet is normally prescribed when diet and exercise alone or other medicines do not prove sufficient to control your blood sugar level. Your doctor may prescribe it alone or in combination with other diabetes medicines. It can be taken with or without food. The dose will depend on your condition and blood sugar levels. Use it strictly as advised by your doctor.
Uses of Ziten Tablet
- Treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Benefits of Ziten Tablet
In Treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ziten Tablet belongs to a group of medicines called DPP-4 inhibitors (or gliptins). It helps increase the amount of insulin your body produces after a meal and to stop your body from releasing too much glucose (sugar) into your blood. This way it lowers the blood glucose levels in your body. It is usually taken once a day and has relatively few common side effects.
Side effects of Ziten Tablet
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them.
Common side effects of Ziten
- Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose level)
- Constipation
- Dizziness
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- Increased body temperature
How to use Ziten Tablet
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Ziten Tablet may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.