Carbamazepine
Carbamazepine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabilizing drug used primarily in the treatment of some forms of epilepsy and prophylaxis (medical or public health measures taken in order to prevent disease or health) of bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) in patients unresponsive to lithium. can also be... [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. Sulphonylureas are considered for patients who are not overweight, or in whom metformin is contra-indicated... [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 secretion of insulin in the pancreas. This helps with the sugar being absorbed by the body thereby lowering the level of sugar in the blood. Insulin is made by special... [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. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle. It is given by injection to supplement... [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 the first-line drug of choice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in overweight and obese individuals in whom strict dieting has failed to... [Read more]
Repaglinide
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 insulin from the pancreas. However, there needs to be some cells that still work... [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 can be used alone or combined with metformin or with a sulphonylurea or with both. It’s function is to reduce insulin resistance in fatty... [Read more]
