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Diabetes Drugs Flashcards

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Insulin

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  • Rapid: Lispro, Aspart, Glulisine
  • Short: Regular
  • Int: NPH
  • Long: Glargine, Detemir
  • Bind ITK receptor -> MAP/K
  • Tox: hypoglycemia, rare HSN, lipodystrophy, WG
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Lispro

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Rapid insulin

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Aspart

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Rapid insulin

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Glulisine

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Rapid insulin

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Regular insulin

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Short acting

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NPH

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Intermediate acting insulin

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Glargine

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Long-acting insulin

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Detemir

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Long-acting insulin

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Metformin

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  • Biguanide for DM2 -> Increases insulin sensitivity (liver: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, peripherally increases glucose uptake)
  • Tox: Renal tox, Lactic Acidosis (no WG)
  • C/I in RF, Liver disease, CHF, Alcoholism, Sepsis
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Sulfonylureas

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  • Shut off (close) K+ channel, triggering insulin release from beta cells
  • Need some beta cell function
  • 1st gen: Tolbutamide, Chlorpropamide (disulfuram-rxn)
  • 2nd gen: Glyburide, Glimepiride, Glipizide (hypoglyemia)
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Tolbutamide

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1st gen sulfonylurea

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Chlorpropamide

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1st gen sulfonylurea

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Glyburide

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2nd gen sulfonylurea

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Glimepiride

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2nd gen sulfonylurea

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Glipizide

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2nd gen sulfonylurea

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Thiazolidinediones (Glitazones)

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  • Increase PPAR-gamma activation via trascription regulator -> increase adiponectin release from adipose -> increase insulin sensitivity
  • Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone
  • Tox: Hepatotox, Heart (MI, edema, especially Rosiglitazone), WG
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Pioglitazone

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Thiazolidenedione (Glitazone)

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Rosiglitazone

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Thiazolidenedione (Glitazone)

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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors

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  • Inhibit disaccharidase at surface of brush border intestinal cells
  • Acarbose, Miglitol
  • C/I in IBS, cirrhosis, high creatinine
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Acarbose

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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor

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Miglitol

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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor

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Pramlintide

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  • Amylin analog (normally secreted with inuslin to decrease glucagon and delay gastric emptying)
  • DM1, DM2; only with insulin
  • Tox: hypoglycemia
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GLP-1 analogs

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  • Increase insulin, decrease glucagon, delay gastric emptying
  • Exenatide, Liraglutide
  • Tox: pancreatitis
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Exenatide

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Liraglutide
GLP-1 analog
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DPP4 inhibitors
* Increase GLP-1, increasing insulin and decreasing glucagon * Linagliptin, Saxagliptin, Sitagliptin * Tox: UTI, URI
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Linagliptin
DPP4 inhibitor (increase GLP-1)
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Saxagliptin
DPP4 inhibitor (increase GLP-1)
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Sitagliptin
DPP4 inhibitor (increase GLP-1)

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