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MEDOP 230- Endocrinology: Drugs

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Antidiabetic drugs Oral medications used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. • Act by stimulating the pancreas to secrete more insulin or by increasing the number of insulin receptors on cells. • Cannot be used to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Antithyroid drugs Used to treat hyperthyroidism by inhibiting production of T3 and T4 alternative treatment is to administer radioactive sodium iodine 131 to destroy thyroid cells.
Corticosteroids Drugs that mimic the action of cortisol from the adrenal cortex used to treat severe inflammation and as hormone therapy for Addison disease.
Growth hormone supplement drugs Drugs that provide growth hormone to people who are deficient.
Insulin Used to treat type 1 and type 1.5 diabetes mellitus, as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus that can’t be controlled with oral antidiabetic agents • Must be injected at least once per day to control blood glucose levels. • Different types of insulin are classified by speed and duration of action.
Thyroid hormone supplement drugs Drugs used to treat a lack of thyroid hormones and hypothyroidism.
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