Self Management Education

Medication Sheets

Medication sheets have been created to provide more information on diabetes medications that people with diabetes may be taking. The medication sheets have been organized by types of medications.

Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor

Acarbose (Glucobay®)

Biguanide: Metformin (Glucophage®)

Long Acting Metformin (Glumetza®)

DPP-4 inhibitor

Linagliptin (Trajenta™), Saxagliptin (Onglyza®) Sitagliptin (Januvia®), Combination agents: Linagliptin/metformin (Jentadueto®), Saxagliptin/metformin (Komboglyze™), Sitagliptin/metformin (Janumet®)

GLP-1 receptor agonist

Dulaglutide (Trulicity®), Liraglutide (Victoza®), Semaglutide (Ozempic®, Rybelsus®); and Dual GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist: Tirzepatide (Mounjaro®)

Non-sulfonylurea insulin secretagogue

Nateglinide (Starlix®), Repaglinide (Gluconorm®)

SGLT2 Inhibitors

Canagliflozin (Invokana®), Dapagliflozin (Forxiga™), Empagliflozin (Jardiance™)

Sulfonylurea insulin secretagogue

Glicazide (Diamicron®), Glimepiride (Amaryl®), Glyburide (DiaBeta®)

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