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Follow Following Unfollow Pending Disabled. A Stacy Wiegman, PharmD , Pharmacy, answered. Yes, metformin is a generic version of brand names Glucophage, Fortamet, Glumetza and Riomet. It is also one of the ingredients in the following combination medications: Actoplus Met, Actoplus Met XR, Avandamet, Glucovance, Glumetza, Janumet, Metaglip, Prandimet, glipizide-metformin, glucophage-metformin and others.
GENERIC NAME: glipizide. BRAND NAME: Glipizide XL, Glucotrol, Glucotrol XL. DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Glipizide is an oral drug that is used for treating patients with type 2 diabetes. It belongs to the sulfonylurea class of drugs which also includes glimepiride (Amaryl), glyburide (Diabeta, Glynase), tolbutamide and tolazamide.