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Glucose monitoring
Waking 5-7 mol/L
Before meals 4-7 mol/L
After meals 5-9 mol/L
Driving over 5
What medication on heart failure reduces symptoms but has no effevt on survival
Digoxin
Common side effect of doxorubicin
Cardiotoxicity which presents as heart failure
What antihypertensives cause postural hypotension
Doxazosin
Amlodipine
What antibiotics inhibit 30s ribosome
Tetracyclines
Aminoglycosides
What antibacterials inhibit 50s ribosome
Macrolides
What is a synthetic form of oestrogen
Ethinylestradiol
After how many doses should gentamicin levels be taken
After 3 or 4 doses
Soluble Insulin (Short-Acting)
action
Onset: 30–60 minutes
Peak: 1–4 hours
Duration: Up to 9 hours
Rapid-Acting Insulin Analogues
(Insulin aspart, glulisine, lispro) action
Onset: Within 15 minutes
Peak: 1–3 hours
Duration: 2–5 hours
Intermediate-Acting Insulin
(Isophane insulin / NPH) action
Onset: 1–2 hours
Peak: 3–12 hours
Duration: 11–24 hours
Biphasic Insulins
(Mixed short-acting + intermediate-acting)
Onset: Depends on the short-acting component (15–60 minutes)
Peak: Dual peaks – one for each component (typically 1–4 hours + 4–12 hours)
Duration: Up to 24 hours
Insulin Detemir (Long-Acting)
Onset: 1–2 hours
Peak: Relatively flat, slight peak at 6–8 hours
Duration: Up to 24 hours (dose-dependent)
Insulin Glargine (Long-Acting)
Onset: 1–2 hours
Peak: No pronounced peak (steady)
Duration: ~24 hours
Insulin Degludec (Ultra-Long-Acting)
Onset: 30–90 minutes
Peak: No peak (flat profile)
Duration: Over 42 hours