Translations:Diabetes medication/55/en

Generic

Many anti-diabetes drugs are available as generics. These include:

• Sulfonylureas – glimepiride, glipizide, glyburide
• Biguanides – metformin
• Thiazolidinediones (Tzd) – pioglitazone, Actos generic
• Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors – Acarbose
• Meglitinides – nateglinide
• Combination of sulfonylureas plus metformin – known by generic names of the two drugs

No generics are available for dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (Onglyza), the glifozins, the incretins and various combinations. Sitagliptin patent expired in July 2022, leading to launch of generic sitagliptin brands . This lowered the cost of therapy for type 2 diabetes using sitagliptin .