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repaglinide

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re·pag·li·nide  (r-pgl-nd)
n.
A drug that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas, lowers blood glucose levels, and is administered orally for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

[re(lease) + pa(ncreas) + gli- (alteration of (hypo)gly(cemia)) + (megliti)nide, compound class to which it belongs.]


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More recommended oral hypoglycemic drugs Such as tolbutamide, chlorpropamide, tolazamide, acetohexamide, glyburide, glipizide, glimepiride, repaglinide, or meglitonide may be prescribed to increase insulin production by the pancreas, if exercise and diet do not lower glucose levels sufficiently.
Glimepiride, glipizide, glyburide and repaglinide are associated with hypoglycemia more than other diabetes drugs.
Lack of medication was not the reason: Of the 334 patients, 59% were taking metformin, 40% insulin, 38% thiazolidinediones, 36% sulfonylureas, and 16% non-sulfonylurea secretagogues (8% repaglinide and 8% nateglinide).
 
 
 
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