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Home Diabetes Glossary tolbutamide

tolbutamide

Thursday,January 4, 2023
ByDiabetesCare.net

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

(tohl-BYOO-tah-mide):

an oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes. It lowers blood glucose by helping the pancreas make more insulin and by helping the body better use the insulin it makes. Belongs to the class of medicines called sulfonylureas. (Brand name: Orinase.)

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