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What is Sulfonylurea?

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Sulfonylurea

Sulfonylureas, such as glipizide, glimepiride and glyburide, are older diabetes pills that push the pancreas to release insulin, which can cause lows and weight gain.

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In plain words

Sulfonylureas make the pancreas release more insulin no matter what your blood sugar is.

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Why it matters

A sulfonylurea plus a GLP-1 medicine is the most common setup for low blood sugar among people using this site's tools.

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