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My mom is type 2 diabetic. She took metformin(500mg) and gliclazide(40mg) formulation tablet every morning before meal. But she took today metformin(500mg) and glipizide(5mg) formulation tablet and her blood sugar dropped to 50 even after eating meal. So I want to ask is gliclazide and glipizide both are different and can glipizide dropped blood sugar fast??
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Both Gliclazide and Glipizide belong to same class of drugs called sulfonylureas . They stimulate insulin make cells to secrete insulin .
Both the molecules have potential to cause low blood sugar .
However Glipizide is fast acting and is eliminated in the body fast but it has potential to cause rapid drop of sugar compared to Gliclazide which is long acting and doesn’t act fast and risk of rapid drop of low blood sugar is low .
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Both are different and their dosage are also different. Yes, if the medication doses are high and the diet is not adequate then it can reduce the blood sugar fast
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