Hey, all, welcome back to the real-life pharmacology podcast.

I'm your host, pharmacist, Derek Christensen.

Thank you so much for listening today.

We're going to be moving forward on the top 200 drugs.

We're up to drugs 10 through 15 here.

And with that said, this is really meant to be kind of a broad, quick overview to kind of

help you guys prepare, plan for board exams, things of that nature. With that said, I've got

over 300 episodes now at real-life pharmacology.com. If there's more information, deeper information you want about, you know, pharmacokinetics and drug interactions and things of that nature,

go check out real-life pharmacology.com.

Again, covered over 300 medications now, some of the most commonly used drugs, you know, 10 to 15 minutes of content

on each individual drug, and now just kind of giving you some highlights for those of you

that, you know, may need a little bit of quicker help on the top 200 drugs. So again,

highlighting those things that frequently come up in board exams

that I've seen throughout my career in pharmacology classes, board exams, and then things I've

seen in clinical practice as well. So with that said, without further ado, the number 11 through 15 is the numbers that we're looking at here.

The first one I wanted to mention was metformin.

Brand name of this medication is glucophage.

And this medication is used for diabetes.

And it reduces hepatic glucose production.

That's essentially how it lowers blood sugars,

and obviously helps reduce A1Cs and get patients to go there.

Primary use is going to be diabetes.

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