Product Name : Sitagliptin Phosphate 40% DC Granules
Dosage Form : Tablets
Dose : 25/50/100mg
Reference Product : Januvia
API : DMF; Dossier — CTD : Available
Originator : Merck Sharp & Dohme
Sitagliptin is used with a proper diet and exercise program and possibly with other medicationsto control high blood sugar. It is used in people with type 2 diabetes. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent kidney damage, blindness, nerve problems, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Proper control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Sitagliptin (INN; /s?t???l?pt?n/ (listen), previously identified as MK-0431 and marketed as the phosphate salt under the trade name Januvia) is an oral antihyperglycemic (antidiabetic drug) of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor class. It was developed, and is marketed, by Merck & Co. This enzyme-inhibiting drug is used either alone or in combination with other oral antihyperglycemic agents (such as metformin or a thiazolidinedione) for treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2.