Lonamo 50 mg film-coated tablets

Country: Malta

Language: English

Source: Medicines Authority

Available from:

Egis Pharmaceuticals PLC Kereszturi Ut 30-38 1106 Budapest, Hungary

ATC code:

A10BH01

INN (International Name):

SITAGLIPTIN 50 mg

Pharmaceutical form:

FILM-COATED TABLET

Composition:

SITAGLIPTIN 50 mg

Prescription type:

POM

Therapeutic area:

DRUGS USED IN DIABETES

Product summary:

Licence number in the source country: NOT APPLICAPABLE

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2022-07-20

Patient Information leaflet

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PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
LONAMO 50 MG FILM-COATED TABLETS
Sitagliptin
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
-
Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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If you have any further questions, ask your doctor, pharmacist or
nurse.
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This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it on to
others. It may harm them,
even if their signs of illness are the same as yours.
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If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse.
This includes any possible
side effects not listed in this leaflet. See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What
Lonamo is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Lonamo
3.
How to take Lonamo
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Lonamo
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT LONAMO IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Lonamo contains the active substance sitagliptin which is a member of
a class of medicines called
DPP-4 inhibitors (dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors) that lowers blood
sugar levels in adult patients
with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
This medicine helps to increase the levels of insulin produced after a
meal and decreases the amount
of sugar made by the body.
Your doctor has prescribed this medicine to help lower your blood
sugar, which is too high because of
your type 2 diabetes. This medicine can be used alone or in
combination with certain other medicines
(insulin, metformin, sulphonylureas, or glitazones) that lower blood
sugar, which you may already be
taking for your diabetes together with a food and exercise plan.
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body does not make enough
insulin, and 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
like heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, and amputation.
2.

Summary of Product characteristics

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Lonamo 50 mg film-coated tablets
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each tablet contains sitagliptin hydrochloride monohydrate, equivalent
to 50 mg sitagliptin.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Film-coated tablet.
Round, light beige film-coated tablets with an engraved “S” in one
side and with approximately 8
mm diameter.
4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
For adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Lonamo is indicated
to improve glycaemic control:
As monotherapy
•
in patients inadequately controlled by diet and exercise alone and for
whom metformin is
inappropriate due to contraindications or intolerance.
As dual oral therapy in combination with
•
metformin when diet and exercise plus metformin alone do not provide
adequate glycaemic
control.
•
a sulphonylurea when diet and exercise plus maximal tolerated dose of
sulphonylurea alone do
not provide adequate glycaemic control and when metformin is
inappropriate due to
contraindications or intolerance.
•
a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR[

]gamma) agonist (i.e. a
thiazolidinedione) when use of a PPAR[

]gammaagonist is appropriate and when diet and
exercise plus the PPAR[

]gamma agonist alone do not provide adequate glycaemic control.
As triple oral therapy in combination with
•
a sulphonylurea and metformin when diet and exercise plus dual therapy
with these medicinal
products do not provide adequately glycaemic control.
•
a PPAR[

]gamma agonist and metformin when use of a PPAR[

]gamma agonist is appropriate
and when diet and exercise plus dual therapy with these medicinal
products do not provide
adequate glycaemic control.
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Lonamo is also indicated as add-on to insulin (with or without
metformin) when diet and exercise plus
stable dose of insulin do not provide adequate glycaemic control.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Posology
The do