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Actos
Pioglitazone is used, alone or in combination with other
medications, to treat type 2 diabetes in people whose
diabetes cannot be controlled by diet and exercise alone.
Pioglitazone is in a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones.
It works by increasing your body's sensitivity to insulin,
a substance your body produces to help control blood
sugar levels. More Info
Amaryl
Glimepiride is used with diet and exercise to treat
type II (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes (formerly 'adult-onset').
Glimepiride stimulates your pancreas to make more insulin
and also makes your body more sensitive to insulin.
Glimepiride may be used with or without insulin. This
medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask
your doctor or pharmacist for more information. More
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Avandia
This medicine is used to treat type 2 diabetes by reducing
the resistance your body has to insulin. It is used
either alone or in combination with other anti-diabetes
medicines, including metformin or insulin, as part of
a diet and exercise program. More
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Glipizide
This is an anti-diabetic medicine (sulfonylurea-type)
used along with a proper diet and exercise program to
control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with
type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It
works by stimulating the release of your body's natural
insulin. Effectively controlling blood sugar helps prevent
heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, blindness, and
circulation problems, as well as sexual function problems
(impotence). More Info
Glucophage
This medicine is a biguanide-type medication that is
used along with a diet and exercise program to control
high blood sugar in diabetic patients. This medicine
works by helping restore your body's proper response
to the insulin you naturally produce, and by decreasing
the amount of sugar that your liver makes and that your
stomach/intestines absorb. Controlling high blood sugar
helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease,
blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual
function problems (impotence). More
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Glucophage
XR
This medicine is a biguanide-type medication that is
used along with a diet and exercise program to control
high blood sugar in diabetic patients. This medicine
works by helping restore your body's proper response
to the insulin you naturally produce, and by decreasing
the amount of sugar that your liver makes and that your
stomach/intestines absorb. Controlling high blood sugar
helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease,
blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual
function problems (impotence). More
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Metformin
This medicine is a biguanide-type medication that is
used along with a diet and exercise program to control
high blood sugar in diabetic patients. This medicine
works by helping restore your body's proper response
to the insulin you naturally produce, and by decreasing
the amount of sugar that your liver makes and that your
stomach/intestines absorb. Controlling high blood sugar
helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease,
blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual
function problems (impotence). More
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