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Metformin 500mg (Generic Glucophage)
Metformin (met-FOR-min) is used to treat a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar
diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. With this type of diabetes, insulin
produced by the pancreas is not able to get sugar into the cells of the
body where it can work properly. Using metformin alone, with a type of
oral antidiabetic medicine called a sulfonylurea, or with insulin will
help to lower blood sugar when it is too high and help restore the way
you use food to make energy. Many people can control type 2 diabetes with
diet alone or diet and exercise. Following a specially planned diet and
exercising will always be important when you have diabetes, even when
you are taking medicines. To work properly, the amount of metformin you
take must be balanced against the amount and type of food you eat and
the amount of exercise you do. If you change your diet, your exercise,
or both, you will want to test your blood sugar to find out if it is too
low. Your health care professional will teach you what to do if this happens.
At some point, this medicine may stop working as well and your blood glucose
will increase. You will need to know if this happens and what to do. Instead
of taking more of this medicine, your doctor may want you to change to
another antidiabetic medicine. If that does not lower your blood sugar,
your doctor may have you stop taking the medicine and begin receiving
insulin injections instead. Metformin does not help patients who have
insulin-dependent or type 1 diabetes because they cannot produce insulin
from their pancreas gland. Their blood glucose is best controlled by insulin
injections.
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Rosiglitazone 2mg (Generic Avandia)
• Rosiglitazone is an antihyperglycemic agent. It helps the body respond
better to insulin and it reduces the amount of sugar produced by the liver.
It can help control blood sugar levels.
• Rosiglitazone is used, along with diet and exercise, in the treatment
of type 2 diabetes. Rosiglitazone may also be used with a sulfonylurea
(e.g., Diabeta, Glucotrol, Micronase, others), metformin (Glucophage),
or insulin when diet and exercise plus any one of these medicines alone
do not result in adequate blood sugar control.
• Rosiglitazone may also be used for purposes other than those listed
in this medication guide.
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Pioglitazone 15mg (Generic Actos)
Pioglitazone is an anti-diabetic drug (thiazolidinedione-type, also called
"glitazones") used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control
high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent
diabetes). It works by helping to restore your body's proper response
to insulin, thereby lowering your blood sugar. Effectively controlling
high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease,
blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual function problems
(impotence). Pioglitazone is used either alone or in combination with
other anti-diabetic medications (e.g., metformin, sulfonylureas, insulin).
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