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Medications in DM (3 types of glucose lowering agents: (insulin, oral…

- - - - need this to survive
    - - may require in times of stress
- - - - aim to increase insulin production by pancreas
  - - - increases rate of hepatic glucose production
      - increases glucose uptake in tissues, especially muscles
      - Side effects include: diarrhoea, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, taste disturbance; rarely lactic acidosis (withdraw treatment), decreased vitamin-B12 absorption.