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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
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Glyburide/Diabeta/Micronase


- See: Antidiabetic agents - for type II diabetes; long acting sulfonylurea; - Adult: 2.5-10mg PO qd, titrated to response; - Precautions: - reduce dose in elderly; disulfiram rxn; - contraindicated w/ DKA, use w/ caution in patients w/ renal or hepatic dz; - hypoglycemic action of glipizide may be potentiated by drugs that are highly protein bound; - beta blocking agents may mask symptoms of hypoglycemia;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.