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How to Use

Follow carefully the special meal plan that your family doctor gave you. This is the most important part of controlling your condition and is necessary if the drug is to work properly. Always exercise regularly and test for sugar in your blood or urine as directed.

This drug is usually taken between 1 and 30 minutes before a meal If you skip the meal, also skip the scheduled dose of nateglinide.

Use this drug as directed even if you feel well and do not notice any signs of high blood sugar. Remember that this drug will not cure your diabetes, but it does help to control it. You must to continue to take it as directed if you expect to lower your blood sugar and keep it low. You may have to take an antidiabetic drug for the rest of your life. If high blood sugar is not treated, it can cause serious problems, such as blood vessel disease, eye disease, heart failure, or kidney disease.

Dosage

• For oral dosage form - tablets:
  • For type 2 diabetes:
    • Adults 60 to 120 mg three times a day taken between one and thirty minutes before meals.
    • Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it before your next main meal. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the drug from freezing. Do not refrigerate.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Ask your health care professional how you must dispose of any drug you do not use. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.