NURS622 Advanced Pharmacology - Exam 1 - Week 4 - 1 of 3 - Diabetes
What are the drugs used to treat Type 1 DM? - Correct Answer Insulin
Amylin Analog (black box warning for severe hypoglycemia)
What are the drugs used to treat Type 2 DM? - Correct Answer Biguanides
Meglitinides
Sulfonylurea...
Type 2 DM Treatment Algorithm - Correct Answer 1st - healthy eating and weight control, patient
education, increased physical activity, check AIC in 3 months
2nd - add metformin to 1st and recheck A1C in 3 months
3rd - Add another oral antidiabetic to the metformin and behavior mod, OR add insulin, recheck AIC
in 3 months (now 2 meds and BM)
4th - Add another medication - recheck in 3 months (now 3 meds and BM)
5th- combination injectable therapy (basal insulin with addition of mealtime or GLP-1-RA)
Metformin* - Correct Answer first line therapy
decreases weight gain
good for obese patients
Indications for insulin therapy - Correct Answer A1C > 10%
Random blood glucose >300
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