meglitinide
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Meglitinides or glinides are a class of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.
Key facts
- Drug class.Image
- File:Meglitinide Structure.svg
- Drug class.ImageClass
- skin-invert-image
- Drug class.Caption
- Meglitinide, the prototype of this drug class
- Drug class.Use
- Type 2 diabetes
- Drug class.ATC_prefix
- A10BX
- Drug class.Mode_of_action
- insulin secretagogue (release stimulator)
- Drug class.Mechanism_of_action
- close potassium channels of beta cells
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Meglitinides or glinides are a class of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.
== Drugs == Repaglinide (trade name Prandin) gained US Food and Drug Administration approval in 1997.
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