Glimépiride

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N° CAS 93479-97-1

Drugs used in diabetes

• Glimepiride is a long-acting, third-generation sulfonylurea with hypoglycemic activity.
• White or Almost white crystalline powder.
• It acts as an insulin secretagogue. It lowers blood sugar by stimulating the release of insulin by pancreatic beta cells and by inducing increased activity of intracellular insulin receptors.