Aminobenzoate Potassium (Systemic)
Brand Names : Potaba, Potaba Envules, Potaba Powder, KPAB, potassium aminobenzoate, potassium para-aminobenzoate
Precautions While Using This MedicineWhile
you are taking this medicine, it is important that your doctor check your
progress at regular visits.
Check with your doctor right away if you cannot eat
normally while taking this medicine
because of nausea, loss of appetite,
or for any other reason. Taking this medicine when you have not been eating
normally for several days may cause low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
If symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) appear,
stop taking this medicine, eat or drink something containing sugar, and check
with your doctor right away
. Good sources of sugar are table sugar
mixed in water, sugar cubes, orange juice, corn syrup, or honey. One popular
source of sugar is a glassful of orange juice containing 2 or 3 teaspoonfuls
of table sugar.
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Tell someone ahead of time to take you to your
doctor or to a hospital right away if you begin to feel that you may pass
out. If you do pass out, emergency help should be gotten at once
.
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Even if you correct the symptoms of low blood
sugar by eating or drinking something with sugar, it is very important to
call your doctor right away. The effects this medicine has on low blood sugar
may last for a few days, and the symptoms may return often during this period
of time
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