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Galvus is a daily tablet treatment for type-2 diabetes that you’ll usually take combined with other treatments, or when metformin isn’t suitable for you.
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Type-2 diabetes usually occurs in adulthood, often as a result of either your body not producing enough insulin - a hormone that helps you to digest the glucose (sugar) that you eat, or your cells becoming less sensitive to insulin. As a result, increased levels of glucose enter your bloodstream, which can increase your risk of developing long-term health complications.
Galvus is a tablet that you take, alongside diet and exercise, to help your body to control your blood sugar levels when you have type-2 diabetes. It’s usually taken alongside other treatments, such as metformin or a sulphonylurea, or on its own (monotherapy) when metformin isn’t suitable for you due to side effects or another condition that you might have.
When you eat a meal, your body releases incretin hormones which stimulate your pancreas to produce insulin. Vildagliptin, the active ingredient in Galvus, belongs to a group of medicines called dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. These work by blocking the breakdown of incretin hormones in your body, which allows them to continue to stimulate your pancreas’ insulin production for longer than normal. This then helps your pancreas to release more insulin.
Galvus also blocks the production of glucagon, a hormone that triggers glucose production in your liver, which also helps to reduce your blood sugar levels.
Galvus only works to reduce your blood sugar levels, it won’t help to regulate your blood glucose if it’s low.
Galvus is only available in one dose: 50mg. The standard dose is to take one tablet in the morning and one in the evening (so 100mg per day) unless you’re taking a sulphonylurea or you have a kidney problem, in which case you’ll probably be advised to just take one tablet a day.
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Galvus - European Medicines Agency. [online] European Medicines Agency.
DPP-4 inhibitors. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, [online] 21(4), pp.517–533.
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