Question | Answer |
Onset: 10-15 min
Peak: 30-60 min
Dur: 5 hrs or less | Rapid Acting Insulin
(Humalog)(Aspart)(Apidra) |
Onset: 30-60 min
Peak: 2-4 hrs
Dur: 5-7 hrs | Short Acting Insulin
regular (Humulin R, Novolin R) |
Onset: 1-4 hrs
Peak: 8-12 hrs
Dur: 18-24 | NPH (Humulin N, Novolin N)
Intermediate Acting |
Onset: 6-8 hrs
Peak: 12-24 hrs
Dur: ??? | Detemir (Levemir)
Intermediate Acting |
Onset: 1-1.5 hrs
Peak: NONE
Dur: 24 hrs | Lantus
Long Acting |
"Give the Shot while the tray is hot." | Rapid Acting
(Humalog, Novolog, Apidra) |
Used in Insulin Drips | Regular
(Humulin R, Novolin R) |
Associated with U-500 | Regular
(Humulin R, Novolin R) |
Give 30 min before meal once or twice a day | NPH
(Humulin N, Novolin N) |
This is usually mixed with regular insulin | NPH
(Humulin N, Novolin N) |
"Cloudy" | NPH
(Humulin N, Novolin N) |
This cannot be mixed | Detemir
(Levemir) |
This drug does not have a peak | Lantus |
This drug is usually given at bedtime | Lantus |
Least risk of Hypoglycemia (Insulin) | Lantus |
No mixing
No IVs | Lantus |
Hypoglycemia is of greatest risk at these times... | Peak drug times
During exercise
Too much Insulin
Skipped meals |
Build up off fat cause by lack of rotating injection sites | Lipodystrophy |
This drug decreases hepatoglycogenesis AND decreases Insulin resistance | metformin (Glucophage) |
An added benefit on this drug is weight loss | metformin (Glucophage) |
Only oral antidiabetic that can be used in pregnancy | metformin (Glucophage) |
Drug of choice for type II diabetics | metformin (Glucophage) |
IV contrast dye in contraindicated with this drug | metformin (Glucophage) |
This should be D/C during hospital stay or 48 hrs before and after dx procedures | metformin (Glucophage) |
IV Contrast Dye + Metformin = | Lactic Acidosis |
An adverse effect of IV contrast dye related to renal impairment | Lactic Acidosis |
This drug produces an antabuse effect when mixed with alcohol | glipizide (Glucotrol) |
Due to the effects on the pancreas, hypoglycemia is a concern for which drugs? | Glucotrol (Sulfa) and Prandin (glinide) |
Weight gain is an adverse effect in these three oral antidiabetics | Glucotrol (Sulfa), Prandin (glinide), and Avandia (glitazone) |
This drug is similar to insulin in that it's action is short and fast (meal coverage) | Prandin
Glinide |
This oral antidiabetic should be administered with meals OR Prandially | Prandin
Glinide |
These drugs stimulate release of insulin by acting on the pancreas | Glucotrol and Prandin |
This drug decreases insulin resistance | Avandia
"glitazone" |
Fluid retention and Edema are adverse rxns to which drug? | Avandia
"glitazone" |
Increase plasma lipid levels are cause by which drug? | Avandia
"glitazone" |
Liver problems are associated with which two oral antidiabetic drugs? | Avandia (glitazone) and Precose (Alpha) |
This drug is contraindicated in pts with cardiovascular disease | Avandia (glitazone) |
This drug works in the GI tract by blocking absorption of carbs. Thereby preventing serum glucose spikes | Precose (Alpha) |
GI effects such as Ab cramping, diarrhea, flatulence, and borborygmus are caused by which drug? | Precose (Alpha) |
This drug should be taken with the first bite of a meal | Precose (Alpha) |
Liver toxicity is HUGE with this oral antidiabetic | Precose (Alpha) |
Amylin synthetic | Symlin |
This drug delays gastric emptying which suppresses glucagon secretion | Symlin |
This drug is given SubQ to Type I & II diabetics | Symlin |
This SubQ antidiabetic should be given with meals | Symlin |
This drug should be monitored extra carefully for hypoglycemic rxns when taken with insulin | Symlin
**Especially important with Type I** |
Other meds should be taken an hour before these two drugs | Symlin and Byetta |
Injection site rxns and Nausea are common side effects with these two SubQ antidiabetics | Symlin and Byetta |
Hormones secreted by intestine after a meal. | Incretins |
Signal pancreas to increase insulin secretion | Incretins |
Mimic Incretin hormones | Byetta |
This drug has a high risk of pancreatitis | Byetta |
This drug can cause hypoglycemia when mixed with Sulfonylureas (glucotrol) | Byetta |
This drug is often confused with insulin | Byetta |
This subQ antidiabetic drug should be administered 30-60 minutes preprandial. | Byetta |
This drug reduces the breakdown of incretins thereby increasing incretin levels | Januvia |
Adverse rxns of this drug resemble theh common cold | Januvia |
This incretin mimetic may be combined with Sulfonylureas (Glucotrol) | Januvia |
This incretin drug requires only once a day dosing | Januvia |