What is glyburide used for?

Glyburide is used to treat high blood sugar levels caused by a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, your body does not work properly to store excess sugar and the sugar remains in your bloodstream.

What is PONSTAN 500mg used for?

1. As an anti-inflammatory analgesic for the symptomatic relief of rheumatoid arthritis (including Still’s Disease), osteoarthritis, and pain including muscular, traumatic and dental pain, headaches of most aetiology, post-operative and post-partum pain.

What is a combination of glyburide and metformin?

Glyburide and metformin combination is used to treat a type of diabetes mellitus called type 2 diabetes. It is used together with a proper diet and exercise to help control blood sugar levels. Glyburide causes your pancreas to release more insulin into the bloodstream.

Does glyburide make you sleepy?

Low blood sugar can happen. The chance may be raised when this drug is used with other drugs for diabetes. Signs may be dizziness, headache, feeling sleepy or weak, shaking, fast heartbeat, confusion, hunger, or sweating. Call your doctor right away if you have any of these signs.

What kind of drug is glyburide?

Glyburide is in a class of medications called sulfonylureas. Glyburide lowers blood sugar by causing the pancreas to produce insulin (a natural substance that is needed to break down sugar in the body) and helping the body use insulin efficiently.

Is it safe to take glyburide and metformin together?

Drug for irregular heart rate Taking dofetilide and glyburide/metformin together can increase your risk of lactic acidosis and irregular heart rate. If you take these drugs together, your doctor will carefully monitor you. Your dosage of either medication may need to be changed.

How is glyburide different from metformin?

Glyburide is a sulfonylurea that lowers your blood sugar by stimulating (waking up) your pancreas to release insulin. Metformin is a biguanide that lowers the amount of sugar your liver makes, lowers the amount of sugar your stomach absorbs, and helps you respond better to insulin.