Type 2 diabetes
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors which are also known as gliptins are oral anti- hyperglycemic medications used in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors are […]
Alpha- glucosidase inhibitor Pharmacology
alpha- glucosidase inhibitors are class of oral glucose-lowering agents used for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Some medications belonging to group of a-glucosidase inhibitors are acarbose, […]
Meglitinide Pharmacology
Meglitinide which are also known as glinide are oral hypoglycemic agents. Meglitinides are chemically unrelated to another set of oral hypoglycemic agents called sulfonylurea but […]
Dapagliflozin Pharmacology
Dapagliflozin represent the class of drugs SGLT-2 inhibitors (Sodium Glucose Co-transporter-2 inhibitors). SGLT-2 inhibitors are newer class of oral hypoglycemic agents. Dapagliflozin got its FDA approval […]
SGLT-2 Inhibitors
What are SGLT-2 inhibitors? SGLT-2 Inhibitors or sodium- glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors are class of medications used to lower high blood glucose level in type […]
Thiazolidinediones
Thiazolidinedione (TZDs) or glitazones are an important class of insulin sensitizers used in treatment of type 2 diabetes. Their introduction in the late 1990s was […]
Sulfonylurea
• Sulfonylurea are group of medicines used in treatment of type 2 diabetes. Sulfonylurea were discovered by chemist Marcel Jabon and coworkers in 1942, when […]