Diabetes		Sulfonylureas
Blood Sugar; Diabetes Mellitus; Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; Type II Diabetes

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Glucophage is the most prescribed diabetes drug in the U S Sometimes decreasing the total dose or only taking the medication with the evening meal can eliminate the side effects If after

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patients with type 2 diabetes continuing on glyburide therapy switched to metformin or given metformin as add on therapy to glyburide Data from

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® 7 pioglitazone hydrochloride Actos® 8 rosiglitazone malate Avandia® 9 acarbose Precose® Glucobay® 10 miglitol Glyset® The actions of sulfonylureas and meglitinides involve the stimulation of insulin secretion metformin suppresses hepatic glucose production the

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patients with type 2 diabetes continuing on glyburide therapy switched to metformin or given metformin as add on therapy to glyburide Data from

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the obese patient who is insulin resistant with or without the presence of dyslipidemia A note should be made that thiazolidinediones can also be used in patients with renal insufficiency Slide Insulin Secretagogues Sulfonylureas Meglitinides Phenylalanine Derivatives If we look at the insulin secretagogues that we have available to us these will increase basal or

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a growing realization by physicians and other caregivers that successful glycemic control for most patients will eventually require combination therapy

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very rarely liver enzyme elevations if the concentrations of the doses or the doses of the drugs are exceeded These agents are useful for individuals who have postprandial hyperglycemia Slide Pharmacotherapy of Type 2 Diabetes General Principles Now it should be said that one drug will lower HbA1c levels by no more than 1 5 to 2 0 and fasting glucose concentrations by

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Richard S Beaser MD What are the current available treatment tools Martin J Abrahamson MD Slide Oral Medications to Treat Type 2 Diabetes There are a variety of oral agents that address the pathophysiologic abnormalities that lead to diabetes drugs that reduce insulin resistance

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Slide The Evolution of Diabetes Therapy Addressing Multiple Defects Richard S Beaser MD What are the current available treatment tools

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drugs that reduce insulin resistance those that stimulate endogenous insulin secretion or insulin itself and those that delay the absorption of carbohydrate from the gastrointestinal tract Slide Sites of Action of Oral Medications Currently in Use to Treat Type 2 Diabetes This next graphic summarizes the major metabolic defects that are present in the patient with type 2

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only occur if you use the drug when it s contraindicated And these contraindications include abnormal renal or liver function congestive heart failure metabolic acidosis and alcohol abuse Slide Medications That Reduce Insulin Resistance Thiazolidinediones Rosiglitazone and Pioglitazone The next group of sensitizers are the thiazolidinediones rosiglitazone and pioglitazone

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on lowering hepatic glucose production And finally the alpha glucosidase inhibitors are used to slow the digestion of starches and the absorption of glucose from the gastrointestinal tract Slide Medications That Reduce Insulin Resistance Biguanide Metformin So if you look at these drugs in a little more detail the biguanide metformin will lower hepatic glucose production

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and individuals who therefore have more severe defects in insulin secretion The short acting agents are useful in patients with erratic mealtimes and or who have renal dysfunction Slide Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitors Acarbose Miglitol And finally the alpha glucosidase inhibitors delay the absorption of carbohydrate from the gastrointestinal tract and primarily reduce

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2 Subunit structure of the ATP sensitive potassium KATP channel of the pancreatic beta cell The KATP channel consists of four sulfonylurea receptor SUR1 subunits and four potassium channel Kir6 2 subunits Closure of the KATP channel is required for glucose stimulated insulin

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Stefano DEL PRATO Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Section of Diabetes University of Pisa Italy Sulfonylureas are a vintage class of oral antidiabetic agents They were in fact the first oral agents ever to be used for lowering plasma glucose levels in diabetic patients not achieving

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will be seen However if drug B is added to drug A there is an improvement This concept can often be extended by the addition of drug C drug D

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Progress and Prevention It sounds a little like Star Trek An electron beam trained toward the heart reads information buried within the body In real life it s electron beam computed tomography an ultrafast CT

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