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Chapter 13- Drug Therapy for Diabetes

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A metabolic disease that results from either the loss of the ability to make insulin or the loss of receptor sensitivity to the presence of insulin
The hormone released by alpha cells of the pancreas and a synthetic drug that prevents hypoglycemia by breaking down glycogen from the liver into glucose.
This is a site that insulin can be injected
Sitagliptin is the generic name for what insulin
A blood glucose level below normal (lower than 70 mg/dL)
This type of diabetes is insulin dependent
A class of noninsulin antidiabetic drugs know as stimulators that work by stimulating the beta cells of the pancreas to release preformed insulin
What is the Brand name for insulin aspart
Metformin is what class of insulin
Short for Thiazolidinediones
Insulin only _____ diabetes; it does not cure the disease.
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A class of noninsulin antidiabetic drugs known as sensitizers that increase the sensitivity of the insulin receptors to the binding of naturally secreted insulin, which improves the movement of glucose from the blood into the cells of the pancreas
Because insulin is destroyed by stomach acids and intestinal enzymes, it cannot come in this dosage form
Rosiglitazone is the generic name for what insulin
Byetta is the brand name for what insulin
This type of diabetes these patients produce some insulin, just not enough
A blood glucose level above normal (higher than 110 mg/dL when fasting)
The hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas that prevents blood glucose levels becoming too high.
The organ that produces insulin
Victoza is the brand name for what insulin
Glucophage is the generic name for what insulin
If diabetes goes uncontrolled it can cause this
This drug is Long-Acting Insulin