🍬FLASHCARDS
NURS 615 – DIABETES MEDICATION
💊 BIGUANIDES (METFORMIN)
Card 1
Front: First-line medication for Type 2 DM?
Back: Metformin
Card 2
Front: Metformin MOA?
Back: ↓ hepatic glucose production + ↑ insulin sensitivity
Card 3
Front: Metformin benefits?
Back: Improves metabolic syndrome, no hypoglycemia
Card 4
Front: Metformin adverse effects?
Back: GI upset (diarrhea, nausea)
Card 5
🔥
Front: Metformin BLACK BOX WARNING?
Back: Lactic acidosis
Card 6
Front: When should metformin be avoided?
Back: Renal impairment (risk of lactic acidosis)
, 💊 THIAZOLIDINEDIONES (TZDs)
Card 7
Front: Examples of TZDs?
Back: Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone
Card 8
Front: TZD MOA?
Back: ↑ insulin sensitivity (PPAR-gamma activation)
Card 9
Front: TZD adverse effects?
Back: Weight gain, edema
Card 10
Front: TZD major precaution?
Back: Heart failure (fluid retention) 🔥
💊 SULFONYLUREAS
Card 11
🔥
Front: Key risk of sulfonylureas?
Back: Hypoglycemia
Card 12
Front: Sulfonylurea MOA?
Back: ↑ insulin secretion from pancreas
NURS 615 – DIABETES MEDICATION
💊 BIGUANIDES (METFORMIN)
Card 1
Front: First-line medication for Type 2 DM?
Back: Metformin
Card 2
Front: Metformin MOA?
Back: ↓ hepatic glucose production + ↑ insulin sensitivity
Card 3
Front: Metformin benefits?
Back: Improves metabolic syndrome, no hypoglycemia
Card 4
Front: Metformin adverse effects?
Back: GI upset (diarrhea, nausea)
Card 5
🔥
Front: Metformin BLACK BOX WARNING?
Back: Lactic acidosis
Card 6
Front: When should metformin be avoided?
Back: Renal impairment (risk of lactic acidosis)
, 💊 THIAZOLIDINEDIONES (TZDs)
Card 7
Front: Examples of TZDs?
Back: Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone
Card 8
Front: TZD MOA?
Back: ↑ insulin sensitivity (PPAR-gamma activation)
Card 9
Front: TZD adverse effects?
Back: Weight gain, edema
Card 10
Front: TZD major precaution?
Back: Heart failure (fluid retention) 🔥
💊 SULFONYLUREAS
Card 11
🔥
Front: Key risk of sulfonylureas?
Back: Hypoglycemia
Card 12
Front: Sulfonylurea MOA?
Back: ↑ insulin secretion from pancreas