.Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.A.A10BB31 .Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.A.A10BB31| name: | Acetohexamide |
| ATC code: | A10BB31 | route: | oral |
| n-compartments | 1 |
Acetohexamide is a first-generation sulfonylurea oral hypoglycemic agent formerly used in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus to stimulate insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells. Its use has largely been discontinued and replaced by newer second-generation sulfonylureas and other antidiabetic agents.
Estimated pharmacokinetic parameters in healthy adults; no specific recent clinical PK publication found.