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  1. Alpha-glucosidase
    MOA: cONTROL BLOOD SUGAR BY BLOCKING THE ENZYMES AND SLOW THE DIGESTION OF CARBOHYDRATES IN THE SMALL INSTESTINE.
  2. Biguanides
    MOA: decrease the amount of glucose made by the liver.
  3. Thiazlidindionase
    MOA: stimulate the release of insulin secretion from beta cells.
  4. Meglitinide
    MOA: Enhance insulin release/secretion from the pancreas over a short period of time, only when the glucose level is high.
  5. byetta
    MOA: Enhance insulin secretion when blood glucose is high. drug taken b4 meal
  6. symlin
    slow the movement of food through the stomach and increases satiety or the feeling of fullness
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