Discuss the mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, cautions, drug interactions, and adverse effects of insulin, oral antidiabetic drugs, and injectable antidiabetic drugs
Discuss the mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, cautions, drug interactions, and adverse effects of insulin, oral antidiabetic drugs, and injectable antidiabetic drugs
Insulin - Human insulin is synthetic preparation in laboratory which mimic the insulin in body and act to decrease the glucose level.
It is available in different forms depends upon the-
- Onset
- Peak
- Duration
- Concentration
- Route
It is available in -
- Slow acting
- Intermediately acting
- Fast acting
It is usually given subcutaneous route either with insulin pen or insulin syringe.
oral antidiabetic drugs - These are the pharmacological agents used in diabetes mellitus. It is categories into 2 type-
- Insulinotropic agents
- Noninsulinotropic agent
Injectable antidiabetic drugs -
These are the pharmacological agents used to treat the diabetes, route is injection like insulin. the most common drug is -Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs).
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