Metabolic agents
What are Metabolic agents?
Metabolic agents are substances capable of producing an effect on the sum of the chemical and physical changes occurring in tissue, consisting of those reactions that convert small molecules into large (anabolism), and those reactions that convert large molecules into small (catabolism ).
Types of Metabolic agents
Refer to the drug classes listed below for further information.
- antidiabetic agents
- antigout agents
- antihyperlipidemic agents
- antihyperuricemic agents
- bone resorption inhibitors
- CFTR combinations
- CFTR potentiators
- glucose elevating agents
- lysosomal enzymes
- miscellaneous metabolic agents
- peripherally acting antiobesity agents
- transthyretin stabilizers
- urea cycle disorder agents
Further information
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