Diabetes Drug Benefits vs. Risks
...e sulfonylureas such as tolbutamide, glipizide and glimepiride may cause dangerous drops in blood glucose. Richter, an assistant professor in the department of endocrinology, diabetes and rheumatology at Heinrich Heine University in Germany said, "Until new evidence becomes available, the benefit-risk ratio of...Widely Prescribed Diabetes Drug Falls Short of Promise, Says New Review
...ates under the generic names glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride and chlorpropamide. "The kernel from this review is that pioglitazone is effective in glucose-lowering, has some other beneficial and potentially harmful associated features and just has not been evaluated in the right way to prove that it will hel...... inhibitors, and insulin. The unique properties of glimepiride may provide advantages over other currently availa...y overcome some of these limitations. In addition, glimepiride has been found to effectively reduce PPG and FPG levels and A1C concentrations and has a good safety...