How Dangerous Is Glyburide

[Schlep]

I take 1.25 mg of glyburide per day should I be concerned about the effects of the drug.

And what are the effects?

[beau91]

I take 1.25 mg of glyburide per day should I be concerned about the effects of the drug.

And what are the effects?Drugs and Treatments - Glyburide Oral - Patient Handout from WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-3917-Glyburide+Oral.aspx?drugid=3917&drugname=Glyburide+OralHI,lok) look on this site.it will give you all the side effects.When they diagnosed my diabetes i took some Glyburide .I had a rash for 2 days then it stopped.put me on insulin, so i stopped the GLYBURIDE.But at my last visit to my endo.,my bc weren't very good so he prescribed 2 Glyburide per day.take them with your meals,it's better for your stomach.By RICKY:T

[princesslinda]

Glyburide falls under the "sulfonylurea" class of diabetic meds. You might want to look up "sulfonylurea" and see what potenial side-effects and/or complications are attributed to this class of meds.

While I don't take this medication myself, I have heard there is the risk of having hypoglycemic episodes on this medication.

[pdxdennisj]

It is one of the oldest oral meds for diabetes. It pumps the pancreas to produce more insulin. One "side effect" is to hasten the demise of the insulin producing islets by prompting them to "over produce". So the choice was between inadequite insulin (high BG) and hastening demise of the islets - no brainer if you have insulin to fall back on once the islets go. You can have Hypo episodes but for me they were rare - usually not eating enough (Hah!) and failing to adjust the meds. Easily fixed with glucose tablets. I was on the stuff for about 12-13 years before I needed to go to insulin. It is generic and therefore cheap.