What is Dibizide M?
Dibizide M is a combination treatment for type 2 diabetes. It contains two active ingredients: metformin and glipizide. These ingredients work together to encourage the pancreas to produce more insulin and also to increase the body’s ability to use insulin more effectively.
Metformin is one of the most commonly used treatments for type 2 diabetes. It works by improving how well the body is able to use insulin.
Glipizide is another medication that is often used to treat type 2 diabetes. It instructs the pancreas to make more insulin than it usually does, meaning that there’s more insulin available to be used for the metabolisation of glucose. When used alongside a low carbohydrate diet and regular exercise, these treatments are often enough to lower blood sugar levels and treat type 2 diabetes.
For some people, glipizide or metformin alone are not effective at reducing blood glucose levels. In this case, Dibizide M can be used as an alternative treatment. It contains both metformin and glipizide, so it not only increases the amount of insulin available, but also makes the body more efficient and effective at using insulin.
When using Dibizide M it’s important to regularly monitor your blood sugar levels. Your doctor will review your levels on a regular basis as this will determine whether Dibizide M is the right treatment for you.
Dibizide M is also known as Bionase MF, Diacon M, Metglip DS, Glipicon M and Libiz M. These work in the same way as Dibizide M but the tablets and packaging may look a little different.
How does Dibizide M work?
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body struggles to clear glucose from the bloodstream. This is usually done by insulin created in the pancreas. Insulin production is triggered by the presence of glucose. When this is triggered at high levels over a prolonged period of time, the body struggles to use the insulin that it needs to process the glucose found in the blood. This is known as insulin resistance, or type 2 diabetes.
Treating type 2 diabetes relies on making the body more sensitive to insulin so that it’s able to use it more effectively and therefore keep blood glucose levels within a safe range. Fasting, exercising and eating a low carbohydrate diet can all help to encourage insulin sensitivity. Sometimes this alone isn’t sufficient to lower blood glucose levels, and where this is the case, medication is needed.
Dibizide M helps the body to produce more insulin as well as increasing its ability to use it. This means that glucose does not stay in blood and is transported around the body where it’s used in metabolic processes or stored in the body as fat.
What doses of Dibizide M are there?
Dibizide M is available in a single dosage size, and this contains 5mg of glipizide and 500mg of metformin.
If you find that Dibizide M doesn’t work, there are other alternatives that your doctor may suggest. This may be another medication, supplementing Dibizide M with more of one of the combined ingredients or prescribing the combined ingredients as separate treatments.
This page was medically reviewed by
Dr Navkaran Singh Sandhu, Clinical Lead on August 02, 2022. Next review due on August 01, 2024.
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