Metformin is a generic prescription drug used to manage blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. The drug comes as an oral tablet you swallow. It’s usually taken once or twice a day.

Amaryl comes as a tablet that you swallow. Its active ingredient is glimepiride. (An active ingredient is what makes a drug work.) Glimepiride belongs to a group of drugs called sulfonylureas. This ...

The mean initial glimepiride dose for the whole patient group was 1.6 ± 0.8mg daily. During the observation period the dose was increased to a mean of 2.2 ± 1.1mg. As shown in table IV, the mean ...