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Home Diabetes Glossary biguanide

biguanide

Wednesday,January 4, 2023
ByDiabetesCare.net

by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023 | 0 comments

(by-GWAH-nide):

a class of oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes that lowers blood glucose by reducing the amount of glucose produced by the liver and by helping the body respond better to insulin. (Generic name: metformin.)

 

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