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Active Ingredient Acarbose

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What is Acarbose?

An inhibitor of ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES that retards the digestion and absorption of DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES in the SMALL INTESTINE.

What is the usage for Acarbose?

Acarbose is used with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent kidney damage, blindness, nerve problems, loss of limbs, and sexual function problems. Proper control of diabetes may also lessen your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Acarbose works in your intestines to slow the breakdown and absorption of carbohydrates from foods that you eat. This effect helps lessen your blood sugar rise after a meal.

How many products in the NDC database contain Acarbose?

The NDC database has 22 products with the active ingredient Acarbose. The following table lists all the products that have this active ingredient.

NDC Products with Acarbose

NDC Proprietary Name Non-Proprietary Name Dosage Form Route Name Company Name Status
0054-0140Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHikma Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc.ACTIVE
0054-0141Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHikma Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc.ACTIVE
0054-0142Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHikma Pharmaceuticals Usa Inc.ACTIVE
23155-147Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHeritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. D/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.ACTIVE
23155-148Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHeritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. D/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.ACTIVE
23155-149Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralHeritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. D/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.ACTIVE
42513-0016Proprietary Name: AcarbosePowderLivzon Group Fuzhou Fuxing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.ACTIVE
52972-0035Proprietary Name: AcarbosePowderCkd Bio CorporationACTIVE
58623-0022Proprietary Name: AcarbosePowderZhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.ACTIVE
62135-453Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralChartwell Rx, LlcACTIVE
62135-454Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralChartwell Rx, LlcACTIVE
62135-455Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralChartwell Rx, LlcACTIVE
63629-5698Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralBryant Ranch PrepackACTIVE
64380-758Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralStrides Pharma Science LimitedACTIVE
64380-759Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralStrides Pharma Science LimitedACTIVE
64380-760Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralStrides Pharma Science LimitedACTIVE
65897-4005Proprietary Name: AcarbosePowderHangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.ACTIVE
71052-656Proprietary Name: AcarbosePowderDarmerica, LlcACTIVE
71335-9725Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralBryant Ranch PrepackACTIVE
72789-131Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralPd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ACTIVE
72789-132Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralPd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ACTIVE
72789-133Proprietary Name: Acarbose AcarboseTabletOralPd-rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ACTIVE
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