AIIMS May 2011 – MCQ 63
All are true about exenatide except?
A. Glucagon like peptide analogue
B. Used in type 1 diabetes mellitus
C. Administered subcutaneously
D. Decreases glucagon level
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ans: used in type 1 in diabetes mellitus.
Exenatide was approved in April 2005, as a s.c injection for type 2 diabetes mellitus. It displays biological properties similar to human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a regulator of glucose metabolism and insulin secretion. it also inappropiately suppreses the elevated glucagon.
Ans is b coz it is used fr the treatment of type 2 dm
no drug is effective for type 1 diabetes which can be only treated by insulin///