Acarbosedrug info
acarbose 50 MG Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Acarbose tablets, USP are indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 16, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Acarbose Tablets, USP are an oral alpha-glucosidase inhibitor for use in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acarbose is an oligosaccharide which is obtained from fermentation processes of a microorganism, Actinoplanes utahensis, and is chemically known as O -4,6-dideoxy- 4-[[(1S,4R,5S,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-yl] amino]- α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)- O -α -D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-D-glucose. It is a white to off-white powder with a molecular weight of 645.6. Acarbose is soluble in water and has a pK a of 5.1. Its empirical formula is C 25 H 43 NO 18 and its chemical structure is as follows: Acarbose Tablets, USP are available as 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg tablets for oral use. The inactive ingredients are starch (corn starch), microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, and colloidal silicon dioxide.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective July 16, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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