Glimepiride WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Glimepiride
Glimepiride is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes in conjunction with diet and exercise.1 Glimepiride causes the pancreas to make more insulin.2 Glimepiride is classified as a sulfonylurea and is marketed under the name Amaryl.3
Fast Facts:
- Available in the tablet form2
- Proper use of glimepiride can help prevent strokes, kidney disease, and heart disease4
- Side effects can include nausea, abdominal pain, and increased urination1
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What is Glimepiride?
- Cerner Multum (via Drugs.com): What Is Glimepiride?
- DrugLib: Amaryl (Glimepiride)-Drug Information, Research, Clinical Trials, News
- PDR Health (via HealthSquare): Amaryl Drug Information
- HealthCentral (via USA Today): Amaryl Drug Description
What Are The Uses for Glimepiride?
- Pharmacogenetics Research Network And Database : Glimepiride: Indications
- MedFacts (via Drugs.com): Glimepiride Facts: Uses
- Thomson CenterWatch (via MediLexicon): Amaryl (Glimepiride): General Information
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Glimepiride?
- American Society Of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Glimepiride: What Side Effects Can This Medication Cause?
- DrugDigest: Glimepiride Tablets: What Side Effects May I Notice From Receiving This Medicine?
- Epocrates Online: What Are The Possible Side Effects Of Glimepiride?
What are the Alternatives to Glimepiride?
- American Society Of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Chlorpropamide
- OrganizedWisdom: Glyburide
- Wikipedia: Tolbutamide
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Glimepiride?
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Chromium
- HolisticOnline: Herbal Medicine For Diabetes
- HealthWorld Online: Nutritional Program For Diabetes
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Glimepiride
- DailyStrength: Glimepiride (Amaryl) Post
- eHealthForum: Diabetes: I Have Severe Muscle Loss In My Upper Legs
- HealthBoards: Glimepiride (Or Amaryl) And Joint Pain Discussion
Clinical Trials for Glimepiride
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Glimepiride Trials
- CenterWatch: Trials With Glimepiride
Abuse of Glimepiride
- RxList: Amaryl (Glimepiride): Overdosage & Contraindications
- First DataBank (via WebMD): Glimepiride Oral Overdose
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Glimepiride
- Google Scholar: Glimepiride Articles
- JAMA: Archives Of Glimepiride Articles
- PubMedCentral: Articles On Glimepiride
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Glimepiride-Oral
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Society Of Health-Systems Pharmacist (via MedlinePlus): Glimepiride Drug Information
- ↑ eMedTV: Glimepiride
- ↑ First DataBank (via WebMD): Glimepiride
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Kenyotta Elijah
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Glimipiride, Uses Of Glimepiride, Side Effects Of Glimepiride, Articles On Glimepiride, Alternatives To Glimepiride, What Is Glimepiride, Trials On Glimepiride, Glimepride
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Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.