Acarbose Specifications

Acarbose Description

Acarbose is used (with diet only or diet and other medications) to treat type 2 diabetes (a condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and therefore cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood).

Acarbose Applications

• Used as a pharmaceutical ingredient in hypoglycemic drugs
• Laboratory research

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