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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Acarbose
  1. Acarbose 
    Acarbose is used (with diet only or diet and other medications) to treat type 2 diabetes (condition ... control the amount of sugar in the blood) . Acarbose works by slowing the action of certain chemicals ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a696015.html - Drugs and Supplements
  2. Malabsorption 
    ... antacids, some medicines used to treat obesity, colchicine, acarbose, phenytoin, cholestyramine) Gastrectomy and surgical treatments for obesity ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000299.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Type 2 diabetes - oral medicines 
    ... This helps lower blood sugar after a meal. Acarbose (Precose) and miglitol (Glyset) are alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000989.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Abdominal bloating 
    ... bloating if you take the oral diabetes medicine acarbose. Some other medicines or foods containing lactulose or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003123.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (image) 
    Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (such as acarbose) decrease the absorption of carbohydrates from the digestive tract, thereby lowering the after-meal glucose levels.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19826.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. LiverTox: Clinical and Research Information on Drug-Induced Liver Injury From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) (National Library of Medicine)  
    LiverTox® provides regularly updated, unbiased and easily accessed information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, clinical patterns and management of ...
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547852 - External Health Links
  7. Women and Diabetes -- Diabetes Medicines (Food and Drug Administration)  
    Diabetes Medicines/Start Here ... Diabetes Medicines ... FDA information on diabetes medicines. Use this guide to help you talk to your doctor about diabetes medicines.
    https://www.fda.gov/.../women-and-diabetes-diabetes-medicines - External Health Links
  8. LactMed: Drugs and Lactation Database From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)  
    Breastfeeding/Statistics and Research ... Breastfeeding ... National Library of Medicine ... From the National Institutes of Health ... The LactMed® database contains information ...
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922 - External Health Links
  9. Low Blood Glucose (Hypoglycemia) From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    ... insulin reaction, hypoglycemia unawareness, nocturnal hypoglycemia, sulfonylurea, meglitinide, acarbose, miglitol, blood glucose meter, continuous glucose monitor, CGM
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/.../low-blood-glucose-hypoglycemia - External Health Links
  10. Diabetes Treatment: Medications for Type 2 Diabetes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Diabetes Medicines/Specifics ... Diabetes Medicines ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../diabetes-treatment/art-20051004?p=1 - External Health Links