Glipizide Overview

  • Summary
  • Why it is Prescribed
  • Important Warning
  • Brand Names
  • How it Works
  • Other Information
  • Overdose
  • Precautions
  • Possible Side Effects
  • Special Dietary Concerns
  • Storage Conditions

Why it is Prescribed

Glipizide is used to treat type 2 diabetes (condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood), particularly in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet alone. Glipizide lowers blood sugar by stimulating the pancreas to secrete insulin and helping the body use insulin efficiently. The pancreas must be capable of producing insulin for this medication to work. Glipizide is not used to treat type 1 diabetes (condition in which the body does not produce insulin and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood).

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.


Important Warning


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Encyclopedia: Glipizide

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Glipizide is an oral medium-to-long acting anti-diabetic drug from the sulfonylurea class. It is classified as a second generation sulfonylurea, which means that it undergoes enterohepatic circulation. The structure on the R2 group is a much larger cyclo or aromatic group compared to the 1st generation sulfonylureas. This leads to a once a day dosing that is much less than the first generation, about 100 fold. Mechanism of action is...


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Can Glucophage and Glipizide be disolved in liquid for patient to take?
My father has diabetes and cancer and cannot take the tablets by mouth and swallow...

As long as they aren't ER or XL versions you should be okay. But you should contact your fathers doctor. He may instead want to put him on insulin for...

Asked by Mary W - 8 months ago

Can the drug glipizide and insulin be taken together to lower your sugar?
My husband just started insulin and his numbers are still high , the doctor took...

Please see the web pages for more details on Glipizide. Consult your doctor.

Asked by John & Sandy W - 15 months ago

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