Glez 5 mg Tablet

Glez 5 mg Tablet is an oral diabetes medicine that contains 5 mg of glipizide in each tablet. Glipizide belongs to the sulfonylurea class, which helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. It is used along with diet and exercise to improve blood glucose control when the body still makes some insulin. Glez 5 mg Tablet is supplied by Aristo Pharmaceuticals, India in a strip/box of 10 tablets.

How it works: Glipizide in Glez 5 mg Tablet helps the pancreas release more insulin after meals, which lowers blood sugar. As a tablet taken by mouth, it works systemically after absorption, so it should be used exactly as prescribed to avoid blood sugar swings.

Glez 5 mg Tablet is a middle-strength option in this brand range, sitting above Glez 2.5 mg Tablet and below Glez 7.5 mg Tablet and Glez 10 mg Tablet. A doctor may choose this strength when a lower dose is not enough but a higher strength is not yet appropriate, or when a step-up dose is needed based on blood sugar readings and response. Because it provides more glipizide per tablet than the 2.5 mg strength, the blood sugar-lowering effect may be stronger and the risk of low blood sugar may be higher if it is not matched carefully to the patient.

• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Blood sugar control with diet and exercise
• Adjunct treatment when lifestyle changes alone are not enough
• Improving fasting and post-meal glucose levels

• Take Glez 5 mg Tablet by mouth with water, exactly as your doctor prescribes.
• Swallow the tablet whole unless your doctor or pharmacist tells you otherwise; do not crush or chew it unless instructed.
• It is often taken before meals, commonly before breakfast, because food timing can affect how it works.
• If you are eating irregularly, skipping meals, or exercising more than usual, ask your clinician how to adjust safely to avoid low blood sugar.
• Do not change from Glez 2.5 mg or another glipizide strength to Glez 5 mg Tablet on your own; the dose needs medical review.
• Check your blood sugar regularly so your doctor can see whether this 5 mg strength is working well for you.

Each Glez 5 mg Tablet provides 5 mg of glipizide, which is a moderate tablet strength in this brand line. The exact dosing schedule can vary, but it may be taken once daily or divided into multiple doses depending on the prescription and blood sugar response; the maximum daily dose is determined by the doctor and should not be increased on your own. Because this is a prescription diabetes medicine, your prescriber decides the starting dose, any dose changes, and whether a stronger or weaker tablet is more appropriate.

Do not change your dose or stop the medicine without speaking to your doctor.

Common side effects of Glipizide may include:

• Low blood sugar (more likely if you miss meals or take too much)
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Stomach upset
• Headache
• Sweating
• Weight gain

• Glez 5 mg Tablet can cause hypoglycemia, especially if you skip meals, drink alcohol, exercise heavily, or take other diabetes medicines.
• Use extra caution if you have kidney or liver disease, because glipizide may need closer monitoring.
• Tell your doctor if you have heart disease, because low blood sugar can be risky in people with cardiovascular problems.
• Alcohol can worsen blood sugar swings and may increase flushing, dizziness, or low sugar symptoms.
• Do not drive or operate machinery until you know how Glez 5 mg Tablet affects you.
• Tell your clinician if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding so your diabetes treatment can be reviewed.
• This strength may be too much for some patients who were previously stable on Glez 2.5 mg Tablet, so dose changes should be supervised.

• Insulin and other diabetes medicines, which can increase the risk of low blood sugar
• Beta-blockers, which may mask signs of hypoglycemia
• Certain antibiotics or antifungals, which can change glipizide levels
• Alcohol, which can worsen blood sugar instability
• Warfarin or other medicines that may require closer monitoring when diabetes therapy changes

Store Glez 5 mg Tablet in its original strip/box at room temperature, away from moisture, heat, and direct light, and keep it out of reach of children.