Tablets
This diabetes medication decreases the production of glucose in the liver
What is Metformin (Glucophage), Metformin XR (Glucophage XR)? /
What are Biguanides?
This diabetes medication mimics a hormone in the gut that stimulates insulin release when food is eaten and slows gastric emptying to make you feel full ('incretin mimetic')
What is Exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon, Bydureon BCise), Liraglutide (Victoza), Dulaglutide (Trulicity), Semaglutide* (Ozempic), Lixisenatide (Adlyxin)? /
What are GLP1 receptor agonists?
*Semaglutide Tablet in late stage development
This diabetes medication can help with weight loss
What is Exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon), Liraglutide (Victoza), Dulaglutide (Trulicity), Semaglutide (Ozempic), Lixisenatide (Adlyxin)? / What are GLP1 receptor agonists? -- and --
What is Canagliflozin (Invokana), Dapagliflozin (Farxiga), Empagliflozin (Jardiance), Ertugliflozin (Steglatro)? / What are SGLT2 inhibitors? (flozins)
-- and -- What is Metformin?
This diabetes medication can cause weight gain
What are Sulfonylureas? / What are Thiazolidinediones? / What is Insulin?
This is a cornerstone of diabetes management and includes interventions like decreasing carbohydrate intake
What is Diet?
This diabetes medication prolongs the action (prevents the breakdown) of gut hormones ('incretins') that help with insulin secretion & delayed gastric emptying after meals
What is Sitagliptin (Januvia), Saxagliptin (Onglyza), Linagliptin (Tradjenta), Alogliptin (Nesina)? /
What are DPP4 inhibitors? (gliptins)
This diabetes medication helps or completely replaces your body's background (basal) insulin needs when you're not eating
What is insulin NPH, Detemir (Levemir), Glargine (Lantus, Basaglar, Toujeo), Degludec (Tresiba)?
What are long acting insulins?
This diabetes medication has been shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease
What is Empagliflozin (Jardiance), Canagliflozin (Invokana)? / What is Liraglutide (Victoza), Semaglutide (Ozempic)?
-- and possibly -- Metformin (Glucophage)
This diabetes medication can cause hypoglycemia
What is insulin? / What are Sulfonylureas?
This is a cornerstone of diabetes management and includes interventions like walking after dinner
What is Exercise?
This diabetes medication decreases glucose re-absorption in the kidneys so more glucose gets 'peed out'
What is Canagliflozin (Invokana), Dapagliflozin (Farxiga), Empagliflozin (Jardiance), Ertugliflozin (Steglatro)? /
What are SGLT2 inhibitors? (flozins)
This diabetes medication helps or completely replaces your body's meal-time (prandial) insulin needs
What is insulin Regular, Aspart (Novolog, Fiasp), Lispro (Humalog), Glulisine (Apidra)? /
What are short acting insulins?
This diabetes medication can decrease blood glucose and thereby decrease the risk of microvascular complications such as vision loss, kidney dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy
What is Any diabetes medication?
This diabetes medication can cause yeast infections, urinary tract infections, and/or low blood pressure
What is Canagliflozin (Invokana), Dapagliflozin (Farxiga), Empagliflozin (Jardiance), Ertugliflozin (Steglatro)? /
What are SGLT2 inhibitors? (flozins)
This important aspect of diabetes management allows you to see how your blood glucose is doing
What is monitoring? / What are finger-stick glucose checks? / What is continuous glucose monitoring?
This diabetes medication stimulates insulin release from the pancreas
What is Glyburide (Diabeta, Glynase), Glipizide (Glucotrol), Glimepiride (Amaryl)? /
What are Sulfonylureas?
This diabetes medication combination helps or completely replaces your body's background And mealtime insulin needs
What is insulin NPH + Regular 70/30 or 50/50, Novolog 70/30, Humalog 75/25 or 50/50, Ryzodeg 70/30? /
What are insulin combos?
This diabetes medication is available as a generic and is more affordable
What is Metformin? / What are Sulfonylureas? / What is OTC insulin Regular & NPH?
This diabetes medication can overwork and burn out the beta cells of the pancreas
What is Glyburide (Diabeta, Glynase), Glipizide (Glucotrol), Glimepiride (Amaryl)? /
What are Sulfonylureas?
This important aspect of diabetes management could include interventions like using a pill box
What is medication adherence?
This diabetes medication makes the body more sensitive to insulin ('insulin sensitizer')
What is Pioglitazone (Actos), Rosiglitazone (Avandia)? /
What are Thiazolidinediones? (TZDs)
This diabetes combination medication helps or completely replaces your body's background (basal) insulin needs when you're not eating and mimics a hormone in the gut that stimulates insulin release when food is eaten and slows gastric emptying to make you feel full ('incretin mimetic')
What is insulin Degludec + Liraglutide (iDegLira, Xultophy) or insulin Glargine + Lixisenatide (iGlarLixi, Soliqua)? /
What are basal insulin + GLP1 receptor agonist combos?
This longer acting diabetes medication may cause less diarrhea and stomach upset than its regular release version
What is Metformin XR (Glucophage XR)?
This diabetes medication can cause pancreatitis
What is Exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon), Liraglutide (Victoza), Dulaglutide (Trulicity), Semaglutide (Ozempic), Lixisenatide (Adlyxin)? / What are GLP1 receptor agonists?
-- and to a lesser extent -- What is Sitagliptin (Januvia), Saxagliptin (Onglyza), Linagliptin (Tradjenta), Alogliptin (Nesina)? / What are DPP4 inhibitors? (gliptins)
This important aspect of diabetes management could include interventions like stress reduction
What is self care? / What is mental health?