PRESENTATION: Sitagliptin 100 mg + Dapagliflozin 5 mg  &Sitagliptin 100 mg + Dapagliflozin 10mg

DRUG CLASS: DPP4 Inhibitor and SGLT2 Inhibitor

MECHANISM OF ACTION:  inhibits dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) enzyme resulting in prolonged active incretin levels. Incretin hormones (eg, glucagon-like peptide-1 [GLP-1] and glucose dependent insulinotropic polypeptide [GIP]) regulate glucose homeostasis by increasing insulin synthesis and release from pancreatic beta cells and decreasing glucagon secretion from pancreatic alpha cells.

Decreased glucagon secretion results in decreased hepatic glucose production. Under normal physiologic circumstances, incretin hormones are released by the intestine throughout the day and levels are increased in response to a meal; incretin hormones are rapidly inactivated by the DPP-4 enzyme.

Dapagliflozin :By inhibiting sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in the proximal renal tubules, dapagliflozin reduces reabsorption of filtered glucose from the tubular lumen and lowers the renal threshold for glucose (RT ).

SGLT2 is the main site of filtered glucose reabsorption; reduction of filtered glucose reabsorption and lowering of RT result in increased urinary excretion of glucose, thereby reducing plasma glucose concentrations.

Dapagliflozin also reduces sodium reabsorption and increases sodium delivery to the distal tubule, which may decrease cardiac preload/afterload, downregulate sympathetic activity, and decrease intraglomerular pressure.

INDICATIONS & DOSAGE: As Directed by the Physician