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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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Dr. Peerzada Ovais Ahmad
General Physician
12 yrs exp
Srinagar
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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Dr. Komal Bhandari Totla
Diabetologist
9 yrs exp
Solapur
Glipizide is faster and shorter acting so
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Dr. Shiva Madan
Endocrinologist
9 yrs exp
Lucknow
Yes mam
Both different
Glipizde is short acting
Gliclazide is long acting
Need dose adjustment
And find out cause of hypoglycemia
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Dr. Animesh Gupta
Diabetologist
15 yrs exp
Patna
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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