(glipizide extended release tablets)

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How should I take GLUCOTROL XL?

How should I take GLUCOTROL XL?

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Take GLUCOTROL XL exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it.
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Your healthcare provider will tell you how much GLUCOTROL XL to take and when to take it.
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Take GLUCOTROL XL by mouth, 1 time each day with breakfast or your first meal of the day.
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Each GLUCOTROL XL tablet will release the medicine slowly over 24 hours. This is why you take it only 1 time each day.
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Swallow the GLUCOTROL XL whole. Do not break, crush, dissolve, chew, or cut the tablet in half. This will damage the tablet and release too much medicine into your body at one time.
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When you take GLUCOTROL XL you may see something in your stool that looks like a tablet. This is the empty shell from the tablet. It is normal for the empty shell to pass with your bowel movement after medicine has been absorbed by your body.
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It is important to take GLUCOTROL XL every day to help keep your blood sugar level under good control. Your healthcare provider may change your dose depending on your blood sugar test results. If your blood sugar level is not under control, call your healthcare provider. Do not change your dose unless your healthcare provider tells you to.
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If you take too much GLUCOTROL XL, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
Your healthcare provider may tell you to take GLUCOTROL XL with other diabetes medicines. Low blood sugar can happen more often when GLUCOTROL XL is taken with other diabetes medicines. See "What are the possible side effects of GLUCOTROL XL?"
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Check your blood sugar as your healthcare provider tells you to.
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Stay on your prescribed diet and exercise program while taking GLUCOTROL XL.

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