Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 : Drugs
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Children with type 1 diabetes need daily injections of insulin to help their bodies use glucose. The amount and type of insulin required depends on the height, weight, age, food intake, and activity level of the individual diabetic patient. Some p...
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Oral medications are available to lower blood glucose in Type II diabetics. Drugs first prescribed for Type II diabetes are in a class of compounds called sulfonylureas and include tolbutamide, tolazamide, acetohexamide, chlorpropamide, glyburide,...
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Antidiabetic agent; an α-glucosidase inhibitor.
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Rosiglitazone is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels.
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Exenatide is an injectable diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This
medication helps your pancreas produce insulin more efficiently.
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Chlorpropamide is in a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It is used to help control blood sugar
levels.
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Antidiabetic agent; synthetic glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) mimetic (incretin mimetic).
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Glimepiride is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This
medication helps your body respond better to insulin produced by your pancreas.
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Antidiabetic agent; sulfonylurea.
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Antidiabetic agent; sulfonylurea.
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Glipizide is in a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It is used to help control blood sugar levels.
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Antidiabetic agent; sulfonylurea.
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Miglitol delays the digestion of carbohydrates (forms of sugar) in your body. This
decreases the amount of sugar that passes into your blood after a meal and prevents
periods of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar).
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Insulin is a hormone produced by specialized cells in the pancreas. Secreted into the bloodstream at each meal, insulin helps the body use and store glucose (sugar) produced during the digestion of food.
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Long-acting human insulin analog; prepared using recombinant DNA technology and special laboratory strain of nonpathogenic Escherichia coli (K12).
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Sitagliptin is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. It works by
regulating the levels of insulin your body produces after eating.
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Insulin glargine is a man-made form of a hormone that is produced in the body. It works
by lowering levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Insulin glargine is a long-acting form of
insulin that is slightly different from other forms of insulin that are not man-made.
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Antidiabetic agent; a biguanide, chemically and pharmacologically unrelated to sulfonylurea antidiabetic agents.
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Metformin is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels.
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Glyburide is in a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It is used to help control blood sugar levels.
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Pioglitazone is an oral diabetes medicine that help control blood sugar levels.
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Antidiabetic agent; thiazolidinedione (glitazone).
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Repaglinide is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This
medication lowers blood sugar by causing the pancreas to produce insulin.
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Acarbose slows the digestion of carbohydrates in the body, which helps control blood
sugar levels.
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Antidiabetic agent; meglitinide derivative.
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Antidiabetic agent; thiazolidinedione (glitazone).
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Nateglinide is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This
medication helps your body respond better to insulin produced by your pancreas.
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Tolbutamide is in a class of drugs called sulfonylureas. It is used to help control blood sugar
levels.
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Tolazamide is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This
medication helps your body respond better to insulin produced by your pancreas.
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