Summary: The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare metformin and glyburide for controlling blood sugar in pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who require treatment with oral medication. The main question the study aims to answer is: Q: Is treatment failure less common with metformin or glyburide in pregnant women with GDM? The study will include 92 pregnant women aged 18-...

Summary: This study is being done to study how exenatide, an FDA-approved drug that lowers blood sugar in non-pregnant patients with type II diabetes, works in pregnant women. To do this, the investigators will study the drug's pharmacokinetics (what the body does to the drug; specifically, how quickly your body breaks down and excretes exenatide) and pharmacodynamics (what the drug does to the body; speci...

Summary: To assess the safety and efficacy of using oral Glyburide (Diabeta) as a neuroprotective agent in patients with acute cervical or thoracic traumatic spinal cord injury.