Drilldown: Medicines

Insulin degludec (1) · Insulin glargine (1) · Lactulose (1)

Kristalose, Constulose, Generlac, Enulose (1) · Lantus, Basaglar, Semglee, Toujeo (U-300) (1) · Tresiba (1)

[[:Category:Basal_insulins|Basal insulin]] (2) · [[:Category:Disaccharides|Non-absorbable disaccharide]] (1) · [[:Category:Hepatic_encephalopathy_treatments|Hepatic encephalopathy treatment]] (1) · [[:Category:Insulins|Insulin]] (2) · [[:Category:Long-acting_insulins|Long-acting insulin analog]] (1) · [[:Category:Osmotic_laxatives|Osmotic laxative]] (1) · [[:Category:Ultra-long-acting_insulins|Ultra-long-acting insulin analog]] (1)

None (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000237-QINU`"' Binds the same insulin receptor as endogenous insulin with comparable mitogenic-to-metabolic ratio; provides basal hepatic glucose suppression and peripheral glucose uptake without prandial peaks'"`UNIQ--ref-00000238-QINU`"'. (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00001356-QINU`"' Binds the same insulin receptor as endogenous insulin with comparable mitogenic-to-metabolic ratio'"`UNIQ--ref-00001357-QINU`"'. (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000239-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000023A-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000F5C-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000F5D-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00001358-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00001359-QINU`"' (1)

Constipation: 15-30 mL PO daily (titrate to 1-2 soft stools/day); hepatic encephalopathy: 20-30 g (30-45 mL) PO/PR every 1-2 hours acutely until soft stools, then BID-QID to target 2-3 soft stools/day (1) · ~10 units SC at the same time daily, or 0.1-0.2 units/kg/d; titrate by fasting glucose (2)

10 g/15 mL solution (Constulose); 10 g, 20 g powder packets (Kristalose) (1) · 100 U/mL (FlexTouch pen) and 200 U/mL (FlexTouch pen, higher-dose convenience) (1) · 100 U/mL (Lantus, Basaglar, Semglee) vials and pens; 300 U/mL (Toujeo) pens (1)

None · Indication-specific · 40 mg/d · 10 mg/d · 20 mg/d · 80 mg/d · 10 mg/d (adults) · 100 mg/d · 4 g/d · 400 mg/d · 40 mg/d typical; up to 240 mg/d for Zollinger-Ellison · 5 mg/d · 50 mg/d · 600 mg/d · No fixed ceiling; titrate to clinical effect and tolerability with CDC opioid prescribing guidance constraints on morphine-milligram-equivalent (MME) totals · No fixed maximum; titrated to TSH target · TID per eye · Titrated to glucose; no fixed ceiling · Titrated to glucose; no fixed maximum · '''20 mg/day in adults >60 years''' per FDA's 2011-2012 QT-prolongation warning; 40 mg/day in adults ≤60

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especially in acute HE) (1) · Oral (1) · rectal (enema (1) · Subcutaneous (never IV; not for use in insulin pumps) (2)

1-2 hours (1) · Constipation: 24-48 hours; HE: ammonia reduction within hours of stool production (1) · ~1 hour (1)

>42 hours per dose (effectively flat once at steady state) (1) · Hours (1) · ~24 hours per dose (peakless profile by design) (1)

Not meaningfully described — lactulose is not significantly absorbed (1) · ~12 hours apparent (functional duration ~24 hours due to depot release kinetics)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000023B-QINU`"' (1) · ~25 hours apparent (functional duration well over 42 hours from multi-hexamer depot)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000135A-QINU`"' (1)

<3% systemic absorption (the basis of the safety and mechanism)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000F5E-QINU`"' (1) · ~100% from subcutaneous depot (1) · ~100% from subcutaneous depot (by definition of the route) (1)

Generally considered safe (minimal systemic absorption).<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Insulin is the preferred glucose-lowering therapy in pregnancy; degludec has reassuring observational data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Insulin is the preferred glucose-lowering therapy in pregnancy; glargine has reassuring observational data, though NPH and detemir remain the traditional choices.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

[[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (3)