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What is Glyburide?

Glyburide is an oral anti-diabetic drug used to treat type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes (formerly 'adult-onset'), particularly in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet alone. Glyburide lowers blood sugar by stimulating the pancreas to secrete 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 26 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 9 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0
Diabetes Mellitus 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Diabetes Type 1 1 0
General health 1 0

See all 38 patients currently taking Glyburide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

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

Hypoglycemia unawareness 1

Reported Dosages

  10 mg monthly 1.25 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 2 x 5 mg-500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 15 Number of Patients: 15 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Glyburide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Glyburide

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

Currently Taking Glyburide

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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 Glyburide

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Glyburide

Always
 6 75%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 1 13%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Glyburide

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 25%
Not at all
 6 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Glyburide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 100%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.