Precautions

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits, to see if this medicine is working properly and to decide if you should continue to take it.

Sacrosidase may cause serious allergic reactions, which can be life-threatening and require immediate medical attention. Check with your doctor right away if you or your child have difficulty breathing or swallowing, fast heartbeat, skin itching, rash or redness, swelling of the face, throat, or tongue, or trouble breathing.

Your doctor may order a skin test before you or your child start using this medicine. The skin test is used to see if you have an allergy to sacrosidase. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your home has ever had a positive skin test reaction to sacrosidase.

This medicine will help your body absorb sugar. This might change the level of sugar in your blood and urine. If you or your child have diabetes, you might need to measure your blood or urine sugar more often. Check with your doctor before changing your diet or the dose of your diabetes medicine.

Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.