Alternatively, it can be added to a sulphonylurea (another antidiabetic medicine) in patients for whom metformin is not suitable and who are not satisfactorily controlled on the sulphonylurea used on its own at the maximum tolerated dose. • It can be used together with two other antidiabetic medicines, metformin and a sulphonylurea, as triple therapy in patients (particularly those who are overweight) who are not satisfactorily controlled on with these two medicines. • It can be used together with insulin in patients who are not satisfactorily controlled with insulin alone and cannot take metformin.