Definition of "chlorpropamide" []

• A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug. (noun)

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• "Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes."
• "(I just saw today in a pharmacy that there IS Metformin in Uganda - Samson only uses chlorpropamide and insulin) - we tlaked alot about which foods are better and worse - it was just so great."
• "Two major drug classes that have been in use for some decades are biguanides (metformin) and sulphonylureas (eg: - chlorpropamide, gliclazide and glyburide)."