Diabetes Med/Insulin

Sulfonylureas
- Micronase
- increase insulin from pancreas
Meglitinides
- Prandin
- rapidly absorbed
- increase insulin from pancreas
Biguanides
- Metformin
- reduce glucose production by liver
Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitors
- Precose
- slows down CHO absorption in small intestine
Thiozolidinediones
- Actose
- Insulin sensitizers
- caution w/ cardiac pt
DDP-4 (Dipetidyl Peptidase) Inhibitors
- Galvus
- Incretin hormone is released from the intestines
- Releases through out the day in response to meals
- Incretin increase insulin synthesis and release from the pancreas
Amylin analog (symlin)
- Type I & II
- cannot be mixed with insulin
- slows gastric emptying
- decreases appetite
Incretin Mimetic (Byetta)
- Type II in place of insulin
- Suppression of glucagon, slows gastric emptying
- decreases appetite
- approved as monotherapy

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Diabetes Med/Insulin

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Drugs used for diabetes

Updated

2010-03-17T23:29:38Z

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