Each riddle is an autobiography of a drug. Name it
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My US and UK names differ
Those bothered by sulfa may suffer
I’m sequestered at the site of action
Weight gain is my adverse reaction
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I’m polypeptide in nature
Sourced from a poisonous creature
I mimic the gut hormone in action
Pancreatitis my serious reaction
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I got into the limelight by
Modulating gene expression
But peripheral edema
Created a bad first impression
Raised liver enzymes just
Added fuel to the flame
Cardiovascular events
On the increase made me lame
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I am extracted from a goat’s rue
After just one months’ therapy,
My benefit is due
Anorexia is my beneficial side-effect
Dose division will lesse
My main adverse effect
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Named after my structural modification
A common metabolic
Disorder my indication
I’m very rapid in action
And least variable in absorption
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Born in 19th century for gout
But later served a different bout
Tiny in structure; tardy in action
Hypothyroidism and
Tremor my adverse reactions
Answers
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Glibenclamide/Glyburide
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Exenatide
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Rosiglitazone
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Metformin
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Insulin lispro
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Lithium