Chlorpropamide

Therapeutic Group

Blood Glucose Lowering Drugs, Excluding Insulin

Indication Dosage

Chlorpropamide is a medication used to help control high blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. It works by encouraging your body to use insulin more effectively, which helps lower your blood sugar and keeps it within a healthy range. This medicine is typically prescribed by doctors to help manage diabetes and prevent complications related to high blood sugar.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Maturity-onset Diabetes Mellitus: 

  • Adults: Initial: 250 Mg Once Daily With Breakfast, After 5-7 Days, Adjust By 50-125 Mg Daily Every 3-5 Days, May Be Increased To 100-500 Mg Daily, Max: 750 Mg Daily. 
  • Children: Not Recommended.

Content

  • Tab 250mg: Chlorpropamide 250mg.

Pregnancy

Not Recommended.

Stability

  • Sulphonylurea

Contra Indications

  • Ketosis, Congestive Heart Failure, Gestational Diabetes, Elderly, Children, Pregnancy, Renal And Hepatic Impairment.

Precautions

  • Ketosis, Congestive Heart Failure, Gestational Diabetes, Elderly, Children, Pregnancy, Renal And Hepatic Impairment.

Lactation

  • Not Recommended.

Side Effects

  • Thrombocytopenia
  • A Plastic Anemia
  • Hemolytic Anemia
  • Cholestatic Jaundice
  • Fictitious Hypoglycaemia
  • Agranulocytosis
  • Hepatitis
  • Exfoliative Dermatitis
  • Eosinophilic Pulmonary Infilterates.

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