Drilldown: Medicines

Cyclobenzaprine (1) · Insulin degludec (1) · Meclizine (1) · Pramipexole (1) · Ropinirole (1)

Antivert (Rx), Bonine (OTC), Dramamine Less Drowsy (OTC) (1) · Flexeril (IR; brand discontinued in US, generic widely available), Amrix (ER) (1) · Mirapex (IR), Mirapex ER (1) · Requip (IR), Requip XL (extended-release) (1) · Tresiba (1)

[[:Category:Antiemetics|Antiemetic]] (1) · [[:Category:Antihistamines|First-generation antihistamine (piperazine)]] (1) · [[:Category:Antiparkinsonians|Antiparkinsonian]] (2) · [[:Category:Antivertigo medicines|Antivertigo medicine]] (1) · [[:Category:Basal_insulins|Basal insulin]] (1) · [[:Category:Dopamine agonists|Dopamine D2/D3 receptor agonist (non-ergot)]] (2) · [[:Category:Insulins|Insulin]] (1) · [[:Category:Skeletal muscle relaxants|Skeletal muscle relaxant (centrally-acting)]] (1) · [[:Category:Tricyclic-related compounds|Tricyclic-related compound]] (1) · [[:Category:Ultra-long-acting_insulins|Ultra-long-acting insulin analog]] (1)

None (3) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000013-QINU`"' Anticholinergic burden (dry mouth, blurred vision, urinary retention, cognitive effects) is the principal adverse-event concern and the basis for Beers-list cautions in elderly patients'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-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-00000013-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000014-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000015-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000016-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000017-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000017-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000018-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000019-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000017-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000018-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000019-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000001A-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00001358-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00001359-QINU`"' (1)

IR 5 mg PO TID; titrate to 10 mg TID if needed. Amrix ER 15 mg PO once daily. Off-label insomnia / fibromyalgia: 5-10 mg PO at bedtime (1) · Motion sickness: 25-50 mg PO 1 hour before travel, repeat every 24 hours as needed. Vertigo: 25-100 mg/day divided (1) · Parkinson disease: 0.125 mg PO TID, titrate weekly to maintenance ~1.5 mg TID. Restless legs syndrome: 0.125 mg PO 2-3 hours before bedtime, titrate to 0.5 mg/day if needed (1) · Parkinson disease: 0.25 mg PO TID, titrate weekly. Restless legs syndrome: 0.25 mg PO 1-3 hours before bedtime, titrate to 4 mg/day if needed (1) · ~10 units SC at the same time daily, or 0.1-0.2 units/kg/d; titrate by fasting glucose (1)

100 U/mL (FlexTouch pen) and 200 U/mL (FlexTouch pen, higher-dose convenience) (1) · IR tablets 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5 mg; ER tablets 0.375, 0.75, 1.5, 2.25, 3, 3.75, 4.5 mg (1) · IR tablets 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 mg; XL tablets 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 mg (1) · IR tablets 5, 7.5, 10 mg; Amrix ER capsules 15, 30 mg (1) · Tablets 12.5, 25 mg; chewable tablets 25 mg (1)

100 mg/day (vertigo) (1) · 24 mg/day (Parkinson disease); 4 mg/day (restless legs syndrome) (1) · 30 mg/day (IR or ER) (1) · 4.5 mg/day (Parkinson disease); 0.5 mg/day (restless legs syndrome) (1) · Titrated to glucose; no fixed ceiling (1)

Oral (4) · Subcutaneous (never IV; not for use in insulin pumps) (1)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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12-24 hours (IR); 24 hours (Amrix ER) (1) · 12-24 hours (long for an antihistamine) (1) · >42 hours per dose (effectively flat once at steady state) (1) · TID dosing (IR); once-daily (ER) (1) · TID dosing (IR); once-daily (XL) (1)

18 hours (IR); 32-33 hours (ER)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001A-QINU`"' (1) · 8-12 hours (longer in elderly and renal impairment)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001B-QINU`"' (1) · ~25 hours apparent (functional duration well over 42 hours from multi-hexamer depot)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000135A-QINU`"' (1) · ~6 hours'"`UNIQ--ref-00000015-QINU`"' (1) · ~6 hours'"`UNIQ--ref-00000018-QINU`"' (1)

>90% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001C-QINU`"' (1) · ~100% from subcutaneous depot (1) · ~25% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"' (1) · ~33-55% (IR); reduced by food'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001B-QINU`"' (1) · ~55% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000016-QINU`"' (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) · Limited human data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (2) · Limited human data; rarely indicated in pregnancy given the typical patient population.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1) · Older agent with substantial use experience; observational signals reassuring for first-trimester exposure.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

[[USLegal:Over-the-counter|OTC]] as Bonine and Dramamine Less Drowsy; [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] as Antivert (1) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (3) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US. Not a controlled substance, distinguishing it from the carisoprodol alternative for muscle spasm'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001C-QINU`"' (1)