Tol-Tab and Trihexyphenidyl Hydrochloride

• Generic Name: tolbutamide
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names:

  Orinase, Orinase Diagnostic, Tol-Tab

Tolbutamide is used to treat high blood sugar levels caused by a type of diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) called type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, your body does not work properly to store excess sugar and the sugar remains in your bloodstream. Chronic high blood sugar can lead to serious health problems in the future.

Proper diet is the first step in managing type 2 diabetes, but often medicines are needed to help your body. Tolbutamide belongs to a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It causes your pancreas to release more insulin into the blood stream.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: trihexyphenidyl
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Artane, Trihexane

Adjunctive treatment of all forms of parkinsonian syndrome.

May reduce the frequency and duration of oculogyric crises, salivation, spastic contractions, and dyskinesia, and relieve mental inertia and depression characteristic of all forms of parkinsonian syndrome.

Control of extrapyramidal reactions induced by antipsychotic agents (e.g., phenothiazines, thioxanthenes).