Generic name: glipizide [ GLIP-i-zide ]
Brand name: Glucotrol
Drug class:Sulfonylureas
What is glipizide?
Glipizide is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels by helping your pancreas produce insulin.
Glipizide is used together with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Glipizide is not for treating type 1 diabetes.
Warnings
You should not use glipizide if you have diabetic ketoacidosis (call your doctor for treatment).
Before taking this medicine
You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to glipizide, or if you have diabetic ketoacidosis (call your doctor for treatment).
Tell your doctor if you have ever had:
liver or kidney disease;
chronic diarrhea, or a blockage in your intestines; or
an enzyme deficiency called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD).
Follow your doctor's instructions about using glipizide if you are pregnant or you become pregnant. Controlling diabetes is very important during pregnancy, and having high blood sugar may cause complications in both the mother and the baby. You should not take glipizide during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy. Agents other than glipizide are currently recommended to treat diabetes in pregnant women.
It may not be safe to breastfeed while using this medicine. Ask your doctor about any risk.
How should I take glipizide?
Take glipizide exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all directions on your prescri...
