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- 2. The side effect of IPTD was severe ______________, which led to the suggestion that IPTD could be used to treat diabetes.
- 6. Medications are prescribed for Type 2 diabetes when patient's symptoms are unable to be controlled by diet and _______________ alone.
- 7. The class of medicines that reduce blood glucose by causing the B cells in the pancreas to release more insulin.
- 9. Hypoglycaemia involves ______ blood levels of glucose.
- 11. The hormone secreted from the pancreas when blood sugar levels are high.
- 12. The higher the level of blood sugar, the __________ insulin is released.
- 13. ______ factors for Type 2 diabetes include weight, family history and lifestyle.
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- 1. A slow or modified _________ tablet does not disintegrate quickly but releases its drug load over a longer period than conventional tablets.
- 2. High blood levels of glucose.
- 3. In cells, particularly liver cells, glucose is stored as ____________ for later use.
- 4. The class of drugs to which gliclazide belongs.
- 5. Overall, insulin ____________ the amount of glucose in the blood.
- 7. The time taken for the drug concentration in the elimination phase to drop to half its concentration.
- 8. The name of the central structural section of sulfonylurea drugs, that remains unchanged during the molecular evolution from sulfanilamide to gliclazide.
- 10. A drug’s half-life determines when a patient needs to take the next _______ of medicine.