On the other hand, glimepiride (Amaryl), glipizide (
Glucotrol), and glyburide (Diabeta, Micronase) do not appear to lower cardiovascular risk.
Glipizide *
Glucotrol Montelukast * Singulair Insulin glargine * Lantus
Other Options If metformin doesn't lower your blood sugar sufficiently, other older drugs may be used with it--for example, glipizide (
Glucotrol), or glimepiride (Amaryl).
Six drugs are included in this subclass: chlorpropamide, glimepiride (Amaryl), glipizide (
Glucotrol), glyburide, tolazamide (Tolinase), and tolbutamide.
M2 PHARMA-November 17, 2015-Mylan introduces generic
GLUCOTROL XL Tablets for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
M2 EQUITYBITES-November 17, 2015-Mylan introduces generic
GLUCOTROL XL Tablets for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Glipizide in the Chinese market mainly comes from Pfizer (Trade Name:
Glucotrol Common Name: Glipizide Controlled Release Tablets), Disha Pharmaceutical Group (Trade Name: Dishapian Common Name: Glipizide Tablets) and Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group (Trade Name: Qinsu Common Name: Glipizide Extended Release Tablets).
Sulfonylureas such as Glyburide (Diabeta, Gly-nase, Micronase), Glipizide (
Glucotrol), Glimepirid (Amaryl) help to treat T2DM by increasing the insulin release from the insulin storage vescicles.
Examples include: glyburide (Micronase), glimepiride (Amaryl) and extended-release glipizide (
Glucotrol and
Glucotrol XL).
About 60 in 100,000 of those who take sulfonylurea drugs - such as glipizide (
Glucotrol) -- would be expected to develop bladder cancer.
The second-generation sulfonylureas glipizide (
Glucotrol), glimepiride (Amaryl), and glyburide (DiaBeta, Glynase, and Micronase) are prescribed much more frequently than the first-generation agents because they do not cause animal developmental toxicity, and can be considered low risk.