All of the following are true about tolbutamide except____________?
Correct answer: B. It is used in type-I diabetes mellitus
- A. It is taken orally
- B. It is used in type-I diabetes mellitus
- C. It causes alcohol intolerance
- D. It acts on pancreas to stimulate release of insulin
Explanation
Tolbutamide is an oral sulfonylurea for type 2 diabetes and stimulates insulin release from functioning pancreatic beta cells; it can also produce an alcohol-disulfiram-like reaction. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin because beta-cell function is severely deficient or absent.
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