Posts tagged with: oral diabetic
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,... [Read more]
How Anti-diabetic Medication Works
The body takes energy in the form of glucose which is made from the breakdown of starch and other sugars in the intestine. From here a hormone known as insulin helps body tissue to take up the glucose from the blood, this done it is then either used straight away as energy,... [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... [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... [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... [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... [Read more]
