Acetohexamide is a sulfonamide and can be absorbed systemically. Sulfonamides can produce severe, possibly fatal, reactions such as toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
- TRADE NAMES: Dimelin; Dimelor; Dymelor (Barr)
- INDICATIONS: Non-insulin dependent diabetes Type ll
- CLASS: Antidiabetic, Hypoglycemic (antihyperglycemic) agent, Sulfonylurea
- HALF-LIFE: 1–6 hours
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Phenylbutazones
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
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