Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of some forms of epilepsy and bipolar disorder, as well as being used as a pain killer to relieve the intermittent severe pain caused by damage to the cranial nerves (trigeminal neuralgia). It is also used off-label for... [Read more]
Chlorpropamide
Chlorpropamide is a sulphonylurea drug and is an oral antidiabetics. Chlorpropamide is used to treat Type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus and is used in conjunction with a diet and an exercise program. Insulin is made naturally in the pancreas. It regulates the level of sugar in the blood. If the body... [Read more]
Glibenclamide
Glibenclamide belongs to a class of drug known as sulphonylurea and is an oral antidiabetic drug. The drug is used to treat maturity onset diabetes mellitus found in adults and would be used in conjunction with a diabetic diet low in carbohydrates and fats.. Glibenclamide stimulates the secretion of insulin in... [Read more]
Gliclazide
Gliclazide is an oral antidiabetic drug it belongs to a family of drugs known as sulphonylurea. Its function is to stimulate production and the secreation of insulin in the pancreas. This helps with the sugar being absorbed by the body thereby lowering the level of sugar in the blood. The drug is used to treat... [Read more]
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone that the body manufacters in the pancreas. and is absolutely necessary to the body’s ability to burn sugar. It is given by injection to supplement or replace natural insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. If you take insulin it should be used along-side a carefully controlled... [Read more]
Metformin
Metformin is used to treat adult diabetes (type 2) this is where the body still supplies a little insulin but not enough to sustain correct body levels. It is often given to obese patients. Metformin reduces the absorption of glucose from the digestive tract into the bloodstream. It does this by reducing the glucose... [Read more]
Repaglinide
Repaglinide belongs to the meglitinide class of blood glucose-lowering drugs. When diabetes cannot be controlled by exercise and diet alone then Repaglinide would be given to treat the problem as it is a drug that is used to treat non insulin dependant diabetes. Repaglinide works by stimulating the release of... [Read more]
Rosiglitazone
Rosiglitazone is an anti-diabetic drug in the thiazolidinedione class of drugs and is used to treat type 2 diabetes known as non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus. It’s function is to reduce insulin resistance in fatty tissue, the skeletal muscles and in the liver. The knock on effect is the reduction... [Read more]
