Biguanide
Biguanide organic compound diabetes Mellitus or prediabetes treatment.
It is a colorless solid that dissolves in water to give highly basic solution. These solutions slowly hydrolyse to ammonia and urea.
Biguanidine drugs
A variety of derivatives of biguanide are used as pharmaceutical drugs.
Antihyperglycemic agents
The term "biguanidine" often refers specifically to a class of drugs that function as oral antihyperglycemic drugs used for diabetes mellitus or prediabetes treatment.
Examples include:
- Metformin - widely used in treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2
- Phenformin - withdrawn from the market in most countries due to toxic effects
- Buformin - withdrawn from the market due to toxic effects
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