Understanding Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs and Normal Glucose Release Physiology

This chapter explores various classes of oral hypoglycemic drugs, detailing their mechanisms of action, major side effects, and examples of each class. It also covers the normal physiology of glucose release in beta cells and specifics of biguinides, sulfonylureas, SGLT2 inhibitors, DPP4 inhibitors, glucagon like peptide agonists, and alpha-1 glucosidase inhibitors.