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Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) may occur if Ozempic is paired with insulin or oral insulin-secreting drugs such as glipizide (Glucotrol), glyburide (Glynase, Diabeta), glimepiride (Amaryl) and nateglinide (Starlix), explains Maria Pino, PhD, pharmacist and associate professor at New York Institute of Technology's medical school
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Sitagliptin Tablets USP (25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg), a generic version of Januvia Tablets, originally developed by Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp
It received FDA approval in 2022 for diabetes and 2023 for obesity
Using MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane, they identified 34 randomized controlled trials comprised of 15,660 participants (BMI, 25-45 kg/m 2 ) and including four bariatric surgeries, three bariatric endoscopies and four GLP-1RAs