Drug Classes: Thiazolidinediones (TZDs)

Used to treat: Diabetes Mellitus II

Mechanism of Action: Decreases insulin resistance at receptor sites.

Contraindications: Liver disease, moderate to sever CHF, Increases risk of limb fractures in women, may decrease effectiveness of oral contraceptives

Calculations With Insulin

Although calculations with insulin are just as simple as any other sort of pharmacy calculation, a lot of technicians allow it to get the better of them. Calculating with insulin is simple if you remember that you're working with units instead of milliliters. For the moment, we're going to ignore concentrated insulin; we'll get to that later.

Drug Classes: Insulins

Contains information about:

• Rapid-Acting Insulins
• Short-Acting Insulins
• Intermediate-Acting Insulins
• Long-Acting Insulins

Sunday Digest: 7/03/2011

So I've found lately that the FDA updates haven't had a lot of interesting material in them lately, but I do get interesting updates all week about all kinds of things, so I'm going to start including some of that in here. The end result (I hope) is that there will be more diversity, interesting and relevant material in the Sunday updates.

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which the blood sugar (glucose) remains uncharacteristically high. Diabetes increases the risk of a number of related, and potentially deadly, conditions such as heart disease. Prevention, when possible and early identification and effective treatment when not are critical in preventing serious complications of diabetes.