Diabetes Medications WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Diabetes Medications
Currently, there are five main types of diabetes medications which help to control blood glucose levels: sulfonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, and meglitinides. Some of these medications work to increase the production of insulin by the pancreas, like sulfonylureas. Other medications, such as biguanides, work to shut off the liver's production of excessive glucose.1
Fast Facts:
- Thiazolidinediones are a type of diabetes medications that work to improve the body's use of insulin.2
- Some diabetes medications are combined in one convenient pill, such as Glucovance, which contains glyburide and metformin.2
- Researchers continually develop new types of diabetes medications. For example, sitagliptin (Januvia) is a relatively new diabetes medication that is known as a DPP-4 inhibitor.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ DiabetesNet.com: Diabetes Medications
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cleveland Clinic (via WebMD): Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes
- ↑ American Diabetes Association: Other Diabetes Medications
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Diabetes Medication, Diabetes Drugs, Diabetes Drug, Diabetes Medicines, Diabetes Medicine, Medications for Diabetes
- Last update: Apr. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
