diabetes pharmacology Flashcards
what is insulin usually used for?
- type 1 diabetes
- ketoacidosis
- type 2 (chronic)
- gestational DM
- hyperkalemia (too much potassium)
what are the different kinds of diabetes?
- rapid acting
- short acting
- intermediate
- long acting
- mixed
what are the different kind of rapid insulin?
- lispro, longest onset
- aspart
- glulisine
what is the onset of rapid acting insulin?
when to take the med
15mins onset
take medication with food
what are the different kind of short acting insulin?
- regular
- antrapid
- humulin R
what is the onset for short acting insulin?
when to take the medication?
30min-60min onset of action
take the medication 30min before food
what are the different type of intermediate insulin
- insulatard
2. humulin N
what is the onset of action for intermediate insulin?
when to take the medication?
1-4 hour onset of action
does not matter when medication is taken
what are the different long acting insulin?
- glargine
2. detemir
what is the onset of action for long acting insulin?
when to take the medication?
1-4 hour
does not matter when medication is taken
what are the different pre mixed insulin?
- mixtard 30 = 30regular(shortacting) 70intermediate
2. mixtard 50 = 50regular(shortacting) 50intermediate
what is the onset for premixed insulin?
when to take the medication?
30-60mins onset
taken immediately with food
what insulin are suitable for post prandial control?
rapid and short acting insulin help control the surge of sugar from meals
what insulin is suitable for fasting basal control?
intermediate and long acting insulin help control the sugar produced by the body
what are cloudy insulin ?
intermediate and longacting
what are clear insulin?
rapid and short acting insulin
what is the route of insulin?
usually S/C
emergency and ketoacaidosis IV (10min onset action)
which insulin take the longest to work? (longest onset of action)
NPH (intermediate insulin)
which insulin has the highest risk of hypoglycemia ?
NPH (intermediate)
what is antrapid sliding scale used for?
to correct any hyperglycemic episode
regular/ rapid acting insulin is given as S/C injection
example of antrapid sliding scale
10.1 - 14 give 2
14.1 - 18 give 4
18.1 - 22 give 6
more than 22 give 8
for patients going for surgery and on bolus and basal insulin what to do?
- continue basal or decrease percentage if needed
- stop bolus
- stop all PO medication
- start 5% dextrose drip
- sliding scale every 4 hours
for patients going for surgery on premixed insulin what to do?
- convert to basal insulin, follow the intermediate one
- stop all PO medication
- start dextrose 5%
- sliding scale every 4 hours
but do serve mixtard at dinner the day before
for patient going surgery without any insulin
for a short fasting (1 meal)
- omit the PO drugs
- start antrapid scale
for long fasting (2 meals or more)
- omit PO drugs
- start insulatard (0.1unit/kg)
- start dextrose 5%
- sliding scale every 4 hours