Avoid combination with alcohol (risk of hypoglycaemia).
Pregnancy: avoid. Insulin is the drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in pregnant women (improved glycaemic control; reduced risk of foetal anomalies and neonatal complications).
Breast-feeding: CONTRA-INDICATED
Remarks
Take with meals (reduced risk of gastrointestinal disturbances).
For doses greater than 80 mg daily, divide the daily dose into 2 doses.
Also comes in 30 and 60 mg modified release tablets.