Question

It is said that by the time someone is diagnosed with diabetes type 2 they have lost 50% of their Beta cells in the pancreas. What are some things people can do to preserve their beta cells? Two thirds of the woman over 80 will be hypothyroid. What is the treatment? Can anything be done to protect the thyroid besides not get old and change your gender? Objectives: 1. Identify and describe thyroid and anti-thyroid agents. 2. Explain Diabetes Mellitus. 3. Describe insulin therapy. 4. Describe the use of oral anti-diabetic agents. 5. Identify the pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics of glucose elevating drugs.

Answer 1

Normally In diabetes patients there is a great loss of beta cells from the body.

To prevent beta cell loss there are some interventions , they are :

• Weight reduction
• Use of antidiabetic drugs such as Metformin , sulfonylureas
• Insulin administration also preserve short term beta cells in the body
• Intensive insulin administration act as long term beta cell preservative
• Use of antiapoptotic drugs such as glitazones , use of glucagon like pepetide 1 receptors are also useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes milletus and preserve beta cells .