Question

Which of the following drugs is used to treat hypoglycemia?

1.
Biguanides

2.
α-glucosidase inhibitors

3.
Repaglinide

4.
Dipeptidyl-peptidase inhibitors

5.
Sulfonylureas

Mrs Jennifer is a 50-year old patient suffering of rheumatoid arthritis; she was on pain medication for around a month. Her rheumatologist prescribed her an anti-TNF antibody since it is a better drug that can prevent further joint destruction. Which of the following drugs is an anti-TNF anti-body?

1.
Rituximab

2.
Anakinra

3.
Abatacept

4.
Tofacitinib

5.
Certolizumab

Answer 1

Answer

4.Dipeptidyl-peptidase inhibitors

because it does not produce low blood sugar or hypoglycemia except above mentioned drugs,other medications are produce hypoglycemic effect compairing with Dipeptidyl-peptidase inhibitors.

It's a new class of oral antidiabetic medications used to lower blood glucose without produce hypoglycemic,the drug may produce hypoglycemic effect only administered with other oral hypoglycemic agent.so the drug can be used to treat hypoglycemia also.

3.Abatacept

because the abatacept is a class of medications called selective costimulation modulators .it is also called immunomodulators.

Mechanism of action;it work by blocking the activity of t cells ,a type of immune cells cause pain and swelling in arthritis but the medication is not anti TNF antibody.