Drugs for Diabetes Flashcards
Rapid-acting Insulins
Aspart
Lispro
Glulisine
Short-acting Insulin
Regular Insulin
Intermediate-acting Insulin
Neutral Protamine Hagerdorn (NPH)
Long-acting Insulin
Detemir
Glargine
Amylin Analog name
Pramlintide
GLP-1 agonists
Exantide
Liraglutide
DPP-4 Inhibitors
-liptins Sitagliptin Linagliptin Saxagliptin Alogliptin
First gen K-channel blockers (Sulfonylureas)
-amides
Chlorpropamide
Tolbutamide
Tolazamide
Second-gen K channel blockers
Glipizide
Glyburide
Glimepiride
Meglitinides (Non-sulfonylurea K channel blocker)
-inide
Nateglinide
Repaglinide
Thiazolidinediones
-azones
Pioglitazone
Rosiglitazone
SGLT2 inhibitors
-flozin
Canagliflozin
Dapagliflozin
Empagliflozin
a-glycosidase inhibitors
Acarbose
Miglitol
What is the diagnostic criteria for Diabetes Mellitus?
Fasting plasma glucose over 125 mg/dl
Is insulin anabolic or catabolic?
only anabolic hormone that lowers blood glucose
2 pathways that insulin activates to increase glucose transport into cell and promote growth
PI3K-Akt- GLUT4 insertion into membrane
MAP kinase- proliferation
How does Insulin act as a antihyperglycemic?
Activation of glycolysis and glycogen synthesis
Inhibition of gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis