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Query about diabetic medicine
Hello Dr
Mother is having diabetic from last 18 years
She is having thyroid, CKD, sarcoidosis
She is on human actrapid 10-10-8 Lantus 10 units @10pm and Ondero 5 mg and eurepa .5 mg @ Afternoon due to the cost of Ondero 5mg Dr gave Vinglyn 50 mg and also eurepa is stopped.
Please tell whether Ondero or Vinglyn is good.
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Dr. Kakalee K Saha
Diabetologist
25 yrs exp
Mumbai
Vinglyn can be given in ckd patients but dose adjustment may be required based on kidney function. Full dose is 100mg/day. But in case of Ondero no dose reduction is required. Both are DPP4 inhibitors and vinglyn has become cheaper because the patent period is over.
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Dr. Rakesh Parikh
General Physician
23 yrs exp
Jaipur
Ondero is better
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