Acarbose - AY-car-bose is using to treat a type of diabetes mellitus - sugar diabetes called type 2 diabetes. Normally, your pancreas releases insulin into the blood stream after you eat. Insulin is using by all the cells in your body to help turn the food you eat into energy. This is done by using glucose - sugar in the blood as quick energy. When you have type 2 diabetes, insulin is still produced by your pancreas, but the amount of insulin produced may not be enough or your body may not be using it properly and you may still need more. Because of this, the insulin is not able to lower your blood sugar properly and you will have too much sugar in your blood. Acarbose lowers your blood sugar by preventing the breakdown of starch into sugar. It may be using alone or in combination with another type of oral diabetes drug called a sulfonylurea.
This drug is available only with your family doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA