One Response to “Acarbose, Precose, Miglitol for Type II?”

1. admin says:

   April 19 at 5:35 pm

   Greg Pettiford (gr…@iag.net) wrote:

   : Need any information  on these two  drugs with regards to availability
   : and effectivness and price.
   

   : I saw this mention in the May issue of Diabetes Forecast.
   :  
   :                            Thanks for any info… Greg

   Acarbose (Precose by Bayer) is FDA approved and available.
   It is the first drug of its kind – a glucosidase inhibitor.
   Studies show it has good efficacy in reducing glycosylation
   of hemoglobin in type II diabetics.
   Glimiperide (Amaryl) is a new sulfonylurea that also just
   got FDA approval.  Coming soon are tolrestat, miglitol,
   and troglitazone.

   Thomas Kakuda