Category: Pharmacology

Classification of oral hypoglycemic agents

Sulphonyl ureas – first generation (tolbutamide, chlorpropamide); second generation – (glibenglamide, glipizide, gliclazide, glimiperide) Biguanides – metformin Meglitinides – repaglinide, nateglinide Thiazolidine diones – rosiglitazone, pioglitazone Alpha glucosidase
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Glibenclamide

Glibenclamide is an oral hypoglycemic drug belonging to the group sulphonyl ureas. It is a second generation sulphonyl urea. Other sulphonyl ureas include – glipizide, gliclazide and glimiperide.
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Albenadazole

It is an antihelminthic drug, a newer congener of mebendazole.  Mechanism of action is same as that of mebendazole. It inhibits glucose uptake into the helminth’s cells and
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Metronidazole

Metronidazole is a nitro-imidazole drug which has antiprotozoal and anti-anaerobe activity. Spectrum Protozoans – Entamoeba histolytic, Giardia lamblia, Trichomonas vaginalis Bacteria – Camphylobacter jejuni, Helicobacter pylori, Fusobacterium, Bacteriodes fragilis,
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