tolbutamide
- n sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus
- For as long as 2 years, hundreds of thousands of diabetics all over the world have been treated with tablets of tolbutamide instead of insulin injections.
- The Food and Drug Administration jumped into a medical dispute this fall when it warned doctors to restrict their use of tolbutamide, an orally administered antidiabetes drug.
- But carbutamide or tolbutamide tablets may help a vast number of diabetics: persons in middle or late life, usually those of a rather heavy or stocky build, whose disease is .