noun. A drug for use in the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes that reduces plasma glucose by slowing the absorption of starches and sugars from the intestine.

noun. An antidiabetic drug that inhibits alpha glucosidase.

"In fact, three of the newer medicines — acarbose and miglitol (both alpha-glucosidase inhibitors) and nateglinide (a meglitinide) — actually decrease HbA1c less than some of the older drugs."

atorvastatin  carnitine  embark  glibenclamide  glyburide  

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