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What is Glipizide?

Glipizide is an anti-diabetic medicine (sulfonylurea-type) used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It works by stimulating the release of the body's natural insulin.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 2 55 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 6 1 Efficacy_major
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) 2 1 Efficacy_major
Diabetes Mellitus 2 0
Elevated Morning Insulin Level with normal blood sugars 1 0
Doctor recommendation 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 84 patients currently taking Glipizide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 13

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Glipizide

Frequent vertigo with nausea 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Glipizide. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 1 other daily 1.25 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 25 Number of Patients: 25 29 Number of Patients: 29 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glipizide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 60%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Glipizide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Glipizide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Glipizide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Glipizide

Always
 13 93%
Usually
 1 7%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Glipizide

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 7%
Not at all
 13 93%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Glipizide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.