Drug Summary

  Drug name:  glipizide
  Chemical name:  Glipizide
  Formula:  C₂₁H₂₇N₅O_{4  Weight:   445.535
  CAS no:  29094-61-9
  DrugBank link:  DB01067
  Description:  An oral hypoglycemic agent which is rapidly absorbed and completely metabolized. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For use as an adjunct to diet for the control of hyperglycemia and its associated symptomatology in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM; type II), formerly known as maturity-onset diabetes, after an adequate trial of dietary therapy has proved unsatisfactory.}