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I-Empagliflozin-linagliptin-metformin iyinhlanganisela yemithi ehlanganisa imithi emithathu enamandla yesifo sikashukela epilini elilodwa elilula. Le nhlanganisela kathathu isiza umzimba wakho ukulawula ushukela wegazi ngezindlela eziningi, okwenza kube lula ukulawula uhlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela lapho imithi eyodwa inganele.
Cabanga ngayo njengendlela yokusebenzisana yokunakekelwa kwesifo sikashukela. Isithako ngasinye sisebenza ngendlela ehlukile ukwehlisa ushukela wakho wegazi, futhi ndawonye bangasebenza kangcono kunokuthatha umuthi owodwa kuphela.
Lo muthi uhlanganisa imithi emithathu ehlukene yesifo sikashukela ethebhulethini elilodwa ukusiza ukulawula amazinga kashukela wegazi ngempumelelo. Ingxenye ngayinye ibhekana nesifo sikashukela ngendlela ehlukile, ikunikeza ukuphathwa okubanzi kukashukela wegazi.
I-Metformin inciphisa ukuthi isibindi sakho sikhiqiza ushukela ongakanani futhi isiza umzimba wakho ukusebenzisa i-insulin kangcono. I-Linagliptin isiza i-pancreas yakho ukuthi ikhiphe i-insulin eningi lapho ushukela wakho wegazi uphezulu futhi itshela isibindi sakho ukuthi sikhiqize ushukela omncane. I-Empagliflozin isebenza ngezinso zakho, isiza umzimba wakho ukuthi uqede ushukela owedlulele ngomchamo.
Ukuba nayo yonke imithi emithathu epilini elilodwa kusho amaphilisi ambalwa okumele akhunjulwe nokuxhumana okungcono phakathi kokwelashwa okuhlukene kwesifo sikashukela. Le nhlanganisela ivame ukunqunywa lapho udokotela wakho ezwa ukuthi udinga izinzuzo zayo yonke imithi emithathu esebenza ndawonye.
Lo muthi ohlanganisiwe wenzelwe ngqo ukwelapha uhlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela kubantu abadala lapho ukudla nokuzivocavoca kuphela kunganele ukulawula amazinga kashukela wegazi. Kuyasiza ikakhulukazi kubantu abadinga izindlela eziningi zokuphatha isifo sabo sikashukela ngempumelelo.
Udktela wakho angase akunike le nhlanganisela uma usuvele usebenzisa imithi emibili yale futhi udinga ukwengeza eyesithathu. Kungase futhi kunikezwe uma uqala ukwelashwa kwesifo sikashukela futhi udktela wakho ukholelwa ukuthi uzohlomula kule ndlela ebanzi ngokushesha.
Ngaphandle kokulawulwa kukashukela egazini, ingxenye ye-empagliflozin ingase inikeze izinzuzo ezengeziwe zenhliziyo nezinso. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi lungasiza ukuvikela inhliziyo yakho futhi linciphise ukuqhubeka kwesifo sezinso kubantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2, ikakhulukazi labo abanezimo zenhliziyo noma zezinso ezikhona.
Le nhlanganisela yomuthi isebenza ngezindlela ezintathu ezihlukene ukukunikeza ukulawulwa okubanzi kukashukela egazini. Isithako ngasinye siqondisa isifo sikashukela ngendlela ehlukile, okwenza ukwelashwa okuphelele kube ngempumelelo kunanoma iyiphi indlela eyodwa.
I-Metformin, isisekelo sokwelashwa okuningi kwesifo sikashukela, isebenza ikakhulukazi esibindini sakho nasezimisweni. Inciphisa inani likashukela isibindi sakho esikhiqiza ebusuku futhi isiza amaseli emisipha yakho ukuthi abe lula kakhulu ku-insulin, okubavumela ukuthi basebenzise i-glucose ngempumelelo.
I-Linagliptin ingeyeqembu elibizwa ngokuthi ama-DPP-4 inhibitors, asebenza ngohlelo lwamahomoni emvelo omzimba wakho. Lapho ushukela wakho wegazi unyuka ngemva kokudla, kusiza iphancreas yakho ukuthi ikhiphe i-insulin eningi futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo itshela isibindi sakho ukuthi siyeke ukwenza ushukela owengeziwe.
I-Empagliflozin ithatha indlela ehluke ngokuphelele ngokusebenza ngezinso zakho. Ivimba iphrotheni evame ukusindisa ushukela emzimbeni wakho, esikhundleni salokho ivumela i-glucose eyeqile ukuthi iphume ngomchamo wakho. Lokhu futhi kunikeza inzuzo eyengeziwe yokulahlekelwa isisindo esincane nokuncishiswa kwengcindezi yegazi.
Ngokuhlangene, le mithi emithathu yakha uhlelo oluphelele lokuphatha isifo sikashukela olubhekana nezici eziningi zokulawulwa kukashukela egazini ngasikhathi sinye. Lokhu kwenza kube ngempumelelo ikakhulukazi kubantu abadinga ukuphathwa okunamandla kwesifo sikashukela kunemithi eyodwa engayinikeza.
Thatha lo muthi njengoba nje udokotela wakho ekuyala, ngokuvamile kabili ngosuku ngokudla ukunciphisa ukuquleka kwesisu. Ukuwuthatha ngokudla futhi kusiza umzimba wakho ukuba umunce umuthi kahle futhi kunciphisa imiphumela emibi yokugaya ukudla.
Gwinya amaphilisi wonke ngengilazi yamanzi egcwele. Ungawachobozi, ungaqhekezi, noma uhlafune amaphilisi, ngoba lokhu kungathinta indlela umuthi okhululwa ngayo futhi umuncwa emzimbeni wakho.
Zama ukuthatha imithamo yakho ngezikhathi ezifanayo nsuku zonke, njengasekuseni nakusihlwa. Lokhu kusiza ukugcina amazinga aqhubekayo omuthi ohlelweni lwakho futhi kwenza kube lula ukukhumbula imithamo yakho.
Hlala unamanzi amaningi ngenkathi uthatha lo muthi, ikakhulukazi emasontweni ambalwa okuqala. Ingxenye ye-empagliflozin yandisa ukuchama, ngakho ukuphuza amanzi amaningi kusiza ukuvimbela ukoma futhi kunciphisa ingozi yokutheleleka ngamathumbu omchamo.
Uma unezinkinga zezinso noma uneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-65, udokotela wakho angase akuqale ngomthamo ophansi futhi akuqaphe eduze. Ukuhlolwa kwegazi okuvamile kuzosiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umuthi usebenza ngokuphepha nangempumelelo kuwe.
Uhlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela yisimo esingamahlalakhona, ngakho-ke cishe uzodinga ukuthatha lo muthi isikhathi eside njengengxenye yohlelo lwakho oluqhubekayo lokuphatha isifo sikashukela. Abantu abaningi bayaqhubeka bewuthatha uma nje ulawula ngempumelelo ushukela wabo wegazi futhi bengabi nemiphumela emibi.
Udktela wakho uzoqapha inqubekela phambili yakho ngokuhlolwa kwegazi njalo, ngokuvamile njalo emavikini angu-3-6, ukuze ahlolisise amazinga akho e-HbA1c kanye nokusebenza kwezinso. Lokhu kuhlolwa kusiza ukunquma ukuthi imithi isebenza kahle yini kuwe nokuthi ngabe kudingeka yini ukulungiswa.
Abanye abantu bangase badinge ukushintshwa kwemithi yabo yesifo sikashukela njengoba isimo sabo sishintsha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Udktela wakho angase alungise umthamo, ashintshele kwenye inhlanganisela, noma engeze eminye imithi ngokuya ngokuthi isifo sakho sikashukela silawulwa kahle kangakanani.
Ungayeki ukuthatha lo muthi ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma nodokotela wakho kuqala. Noma ngabe uzizwa kahle futhi ushukela wakho wegazi ubonakala ujwayelekile, ukuyeka imithi yesifo sikashukela kungazelelwe kungadala ukwanda okuyingozi kashukela wegazi.
Njengayo yonke imithi, le nhlanganisela ingadala imiphumela engemihle, yize abantu abaningi beyibekezelela kahle. Ukuqonda okufanele ukukulindela kungakusiza ukuthi uphathe noma yimiphumela futhi wazi ukuthi ungaxhumana nini nodokotela wakho.
Imiphumela engemihle evame kakhulu ivamise ukuba mncane futhi ivamise ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi:
Ukuthatha umuthi nokudla ngokuvamile kusiza ukunciphisa imiphumela engemihle ehlobene nesisu. Ukwanda kokuchama kuvamise ukuba ngaphansi kokuphazamisa ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa okuqala njengoba umzimba wakho uzivumela.
Imiphumela engemihle ebucayi ayivamile kepha idinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha. Lokhu kufaka phakathi izimpawu ze-lactic acidosis (isimo esingavamile kepha esibucayi), njengobuhlungu obungavamile bemisipha, ubunzima bokuphefumula, ubuhlungu obukhulu besisu, noma ukuzizwa ubuthakathaka kakhulu noma ukhathele.
I-Ketoacidosis ingomunye umngcipheko ongavamile kodwa ongathi sína, ikakhulukazi uma womile noma ugula kakhulu. Qaphela izimpawu ezinjengokucasuka, ukuhlanza, ubuhlungu besisu, ukudideka, noma umoya onuka njengezithelo, futhi funa ukwelashwa ngokushesha uma lokhu kwenzeka.
Abanye abantu bangase babe noshukela ophansi egazini, ikakhulukazi uma futhi bethatha i-insulin noma eminye imithi yesifo sikashukela. Izimpawu zihlanganisa ukuthuthumela, ukujuluka, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okusheshayo, nokudideka. Hlala uphethe umthombo kashukela osheshayo njengamaphilisi e-glucose noma ijusi.
Le mithi ehlanganisiwe ayifanele wonke umuntu, futhi izimo ezithile zezempilo ziyenza ingaphephile noma ingasebenzi kahle. Udokotela wakho uzobukeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokukuyalela le mithi.
Abantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 akufanele bathathe le mithi, njengoba yenzelwe ngqo uhlobo 2 lwesifo sikashukela futhi ngeke inikeze ukufakwa kwe-insulin okudingwa uhlobo 1 lwesifo sikashukela.
Uma unesifo sezinso esibi, le mithi kungenzeka ingakulungele. Ingxenye ye-metformin ingakha emazingeni ayingozi uma izinso zakho zingasebenzi kahle, futhi i-empagliflozin ayisebenzi kahle uma umsebenzi wezinso ungaphelele.
Labo abanomlando we-lactic acidosis, isimo esibi esingenzeka nge-metformin, kufanele bagweme le mithi. Abantu abanesifo sesibindi esibi ngokuvamile ababona abazongenela le ndlela yokwelapha ehlanganisiwe.
Izimo ezithile zidinga ukuqapha okukhethekile noma ukuyeka okwesikhashana. Uma uhlelelwe ukuhlinzwa, ukuhlolwa kwesithombe ngodayi ohlukile, noma ugula kakhulu ngokuhlanza, isifo sohudo, noma umkhuhlane, udokotela wakho angase ayeke le mithi okwesikhashana.
Ukukhulelwa nokuncelisa nazo izinto ezibalulekile okufanele zicatshangelwe. Le mithi ayinconyelwe ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa, futhi uma uhlela ukukhulelwa, udokotela wakho cishe uzokushintshela ku-insulin ukuze ulawule ushukela wegazi kangcono.
Lo muthi ohlanganisiwe utholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Trijardy XR. Elithi "XR" limele ukukhishwa okweluliwe, okusho ukuthi umuthi wenziwe ukuthi ukhishwe kancane kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, okuvumela ukuthi uthathe umthamo kanye ngosuku ezimweni eziningi.
I-Trijardy XR ihlanganisa zonke izithako ezintathu ezisebenzayo ngamanani aqondile afundwe futhi afakazelwe ukuthi asebenza kahle ndawonye. Ukwakheka okukhishwe isikhathi eside kungase kunikeze ukuthatha imithi okulula uma kuqhathaniswa nokuthatha imithi eminingi ehlukene usuku lonke.
Izinhlobo ezivamile zalolu hlobo oluqondile lungase zitholakale esikhathini esizayo, okungase kunikeze izinketho ezingabizi kakhulu ngenkathi kugcinwa izinzuzo ezifanayo zokwelapha.
Kunezindlela eziningana uma le nhlanganisela ingakulungele, kusukela kweminye imithi ehlanganisiwe kuya emakilasini ahlukene emithi yesifo sikashukela. Udokotela wakho angasiza ekunqumeni indlela engcono kakhulu ngokusekelwe ezidingweni zakho ezithile kanye nephrofayili yezempilo.
Eminye imithi ehlanganisa kathathu ihlanganisa amaqembu ahlukene emithi yesifo sikashukela, njengokuhlanganiswa ne-insulin noma izinhlobo ezahlukene ze-SGLT2 inhibitors. Abanye abantu benza kahle ngokuhlanganiswa okubili njenge-metformin ne-insulin noma i-metformin neminye imithi yomlomo.
Imithi ngayinye ethathwa ngokwehlukana ngezinye izikhathi ingasebenza kahle njengokuhlanganiswa. Le ndlela ivumela ukuthatha imithi okuguquguqukayo futhi kungase kudingeke uma ungakwazi ukubekezelela ingxenye eyodwa yokuhlanganiswa.
Imithi yesifo sikashukela entsha njenge-GLP-1 receptor agonists (njenge-semaglutide noma i-liraglutide) inikeza izindlela ezahlukene zokusebenza futhi ingase ibe ezinye izindlela ezifanele, ikakhulukazi uma udinga izinzuzo ezinkulu zokunciphisa umzimba.
I-insulin ejovwayo iseyindlela ebalulekile kubantu abaningi abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2, ikakhulukazi labo abanesifo esithuthuke kakhulu noma ngezikhathi zokugula noma ukucindezeleka lapho imithi yomlomo ingase inganele.
Le nhlanganisela ingase isebenze kangcono kunezidakamizwa ezingashadile kubantu abaningi, kodwa "ngcono" kuncike ezimweni zakho, imigomo yezempilo, nokuthi ukusabela kanjani emuthini. Amandla ale nhlanganisela alele endleleni yayo yokulawula ushukela wegazi.
Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-metformin yodwa, le nhlanganisela ngokuvamile inikeza ukulawula okungcono ushukela wegazi kanye nezinzuzo ezengeziwe njengokulahlekelwa isisindo esincane nokuvikelwa kwenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi. Kodwa-ke, iza nemiphumela eminingi engaba khona kanye nezindleko eziphezulu.
Uma iqhathaniswa ne-insulin, le nhlanganisela inikeza ukulula kokuphathwa ngomlomo kanye nengozi ephansi yezigameko eziphansi zikashukela wegazi ezinzima. Kodwa-ke, i-insulin ingase isebenze kahle kubantu abanamazinga aphezulu kakhulu kashukela wegazi noma isifo sikashukela esithuthukile.
Izinzuzo zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi kanye nezinso ze-empagliflozin zinikeza le nhlanganisela izinzuzo ngaphezu kweminye imithi yesifo sikashukela, ikakhulukazi kubantu abanezifo zenhliziyo noma izinkinga zezinso. Izifundo zibonisa ukuthi inganciphisa ingozi yokuhluleka kwenhliziyo futhi yehlise ukuqhubeka kwesifo sezinso.
Ukucatshangelwa kwezindleko kubalulekile futhi. Le nhlanganisela ngokuvamile ibiza kakhulu kune-metformin ejwayelekile yodwa noma eminye imithi yesifo sikashukela, nakuba ingase ibize kancane kunokuthatha zonke izingxenye ezintathu ngokuhlukana.
Yebo, le nhlanganisela ngokuvamile iphephile kubantu abanezifo zenhliziyo futhi ingase empeleni inikeze izinzuzo zokuvikela inhliziyo. Ingxenye ye-empagliflozin iboniswe ezifundweni ezinkulu ukunciphisa ingozi yokuhluleka kwenhliziyo nokufa kwenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi kubantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2.
Noma kunjalo, udokotela wakho uzoqhubeka ekuhlolisisisa, ikakhulukazi uma uqala imithi. Uma unesifo senhliziyo esibi noma ezinye izimo zenhliziyo ezinzima, udokotela wakho kungadingeka alungise umthamo wakho noma akuqaphele eduze ngesikhathi sokuqala sokwelashwa.
Uma ngengozi uphuza okungaphezu komthamo wakho obekiwe, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha. Ukuphuza okuningi kungakhuphula ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi, ikakhulukazi i-lactic acidosis evela engxenyeni ye-metformin.
Qaphela izimpawu ezinjengokugula okukhulu, ukuhlanza, ubuhlungu besisu, ubunzima bokuphefumula, noma ubuthakathaka obungavamile. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu, funa ukunakekelwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo ngokushesha. Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi izimpawu ziyazenzekela yini.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo, wuthatha ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, uma nje kungesona isikhathi esicishe sibe sesikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Uma sekuseduze nesikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka neshejuli yakho ejwayelekile.
Ungalokothi uthathe imithamo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ulungise umthamo ophuthelwe, ngoba lokhu kungakhuphula ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi. Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, cabangela ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma usebenzise umhleli wamaphilisi ukukusiza ukuthi uhlale emgwaqeni.
Kufanele uyeke kuphela ukuphuza lo muthi ngaphansi kwesiqondiso sikadokotela wakho. Noma ngabe amazinga akho kashukela egazi alawulwa kahle, ukuyeka imithi yesifo sikashukela kungadala ukwanda okuyingozi kukashukela egazini ezinsukwini noma emasontweni.
Udokotela wakho angase acabange ukunciphisa noma ukushintsha imithi yakho uma wenze izinguquko ezinkulu zokuphila, ulahlekelwe isisindo esikhulu, noma uma umsebenzi wakho wezinso ushintsha. Kodwa-ke, abantu abaningi abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 badinga ukuphathwa kwemithi yesikhathi eside ukuze bagcine amazinga kashukela egazi enempilo.
Utshwala bungasebenzisana naleli khambi, ikakhulukazi ingxenye ye-metformin, okwandisa ingozi yakho ye-lactic acidosis. Uma ukhetha ukuphuza utshwala, kwenze ngokulinganisela futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi ngemva kokudla ukuze unciphise le ngozi.
Utshwala bungase futhi buthinte amazinga kashukela egazini lakho, okungenzeka ukuthi kubangele ukuphansi okuyingozi, ikakhulukazi uma ungadlanga muva nje. Khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nemikhawulo yokusetshenziswa kotshwala ephephile ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho sempilo kanye nohlelo lokuphatha isifo sikashukela.
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