Drug details

Glucovance (glyburide and metformin)

type of Antidiabetics, Sulfonylureas/Biguanides

Glucovance (glyburide and metformin HC1) is a combination of two oral diabetes medicines that help control blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes who do not use daily insulin injections. Glucovance is not for treating type 1 diabetes. Glucovance is available in generic form.

The drug is often used to treat Diabetes , Type 2 diabetes .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• hives,
• difficulty breathing,
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
• vomiting,
• shortness of breath,
• confusion,
• stomach pain,
• dizziness,
• blurred vision,
• weakness, and
• swelling,
• sweating,
• seizures,
• rapid weight gain,
• trouble breathing,
• feeling cold,
• trouble speaking,
• tiredness
• tremors,
• extreme weakness,
• unusual muscle pain,
• irregular heart rate,

The following drugs are related to Glucovance, either as a replacement or used together:

• Precose (acarbose)
• Actoplus MET, Actoplus MET XR (pioglitazone hcl and metformin hcl)
• Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride)
• Afrezza (insulin human inhalation powder)
• Tanzeum (albiglutide pen for injection, for subcutaneous use)
• Kazano (alogliptin and metformin hcl tablets)
• Oseni (alogliptin and pioglitazone tablets)
• Nesina (alogliptin tablets)
• Amaryl Tablets (glimepiride)
• Avandamet (rosiglitazone maleate and metformin hcl)
• Avandaryl (rosiglitazone maleate and glimepiride)
• Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate)
• Cycloset (bromocriptine mesylate tablets)
• Bydureon (exenatide)
• Byetta (exenatide injection)
• Zegalogue (dasiglucagon injection)
• Duetact (pioglitazone hydrochloride and glimepiride tablets)
• Trulicity (dulaglutide injection, for subcutaneous use)
• Jardiance (empagliflozin tablets)
• Vasotec (enalapril)
• Glucotrol (glipizide)
• Glucotrol XL (glipizide extended release)
• GlucaGen HypoKit (glucagon hydrochloride kit)
• Gvoke (glucagon injection)
• Glucophage, Glucophage XR (metformin hcl)
• Glumetza (metformin hcl)
• Humalog (insulin lispro (human analog))
• Humalog 75-25 (75-25 insulin lispro suspension and 25 insulin lispro injection)
• Humalog Mix 50-50 (insulin lispro)
• NovoLog (insulin aspart [rdna origin] inj)
• NovoLog Mix 70/30 (insulin aspart protamine and insulin aspart (rdna origin))
• Levemir (insulin detemir)
• Lantus (insulin glargine [rdna origin] injection)
• Semglee (insulin glargine injection)
• Lyumjev (insulin lispro-aabc injection)
• Myxredlin (insulin regular human)
• Janumet (sitagliptin metformin hcl)
• Janumet XR (sitagliptin and metformin hcl)
• Jentadueto XR (linagliptin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release tablets)
• Kombiglyze XR (saxagliptin and metformin hcl extended-release)
• Tradjenta (linagliptin)
• Starlix Tablet (nateglinide)
• Novolin R (recombinant dna origin)
• NovoLog Mix 50/50 (50% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 50% insulin aspart injection)
• Onglyza (saxagliptin tablets)

The following supplements are related to Glucovance, and may be used together with the drug:

• Magnesium (s.)
• Acetyl-L-Carnitine (s.)
• Beer (s.)
• Calcium (s.)
• Citicoline (s.)
• Fish Oil (s.)
• Folic Acid (s.)
• Glycine (s.)
• N-Acetyl Cysteine (s.)
• Potassium (s.)
• Sweet Orange (s.)
• Wine (s.)
• Iodine (s.)
• Blond Psyllium (s.)
• Caffeine (s.)
• Capsicum (s.)
• Gamma Linolenic Acid (s.)
• Ginkgo (s.)
• Coffee (s.)
• Glucomannan (s.)
• Guar Gum (s.)
• Oats (s.)
• Soy (s.)
• Xanthan Gum (s.)
• Agaricus Mushroom (s.)
• Alpha-Lipoic Acid (s.)
• Chromium (s.)
• Ginseng, Panax (s.)
• Milk Thistle (s.)
• Prickly Pear Cactus (s.)