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What are some examples of insulin preparations? 4
1. Rapid acting = Insulin Aspart
2. Short Acting = Regular Humulin R
3. Intermediate Acting Insulin = NPH Humulin N
4. Long Acting Insulin = Insulin Glargine
What is the onset of action, peak effect, and duration of Insulin aspart?
1. 15 min onset
2. 0.6 hr peak
3. 3-5 hrs duration
What is the onset of action, peak effect, and duration of Regular Insulin?
1. 30-60 min onset
2. 1.5-4 hr peak
3. 5-8 hr duration
What is the onset of action, peak effect, and duration of NPH Insulin?
1. 1 - 1.5 hr onset
2. 6-12hr peak
3. 18-24 hr duration
What is the onset of action, peak effect, and duration of Insulin glargine?
1. 1 hr onset
2. 5-24 hr peak
3. 24 hr duration
What is an example of an insulin regimen that incorporates the meal spikes of insulin as well as the basal level?
1. Take a long acting insulin (eg glargine) to cover your basal rate
2. Take rapid acting insulin (eg aspart) before meals to cover the carbohydrates (aka glucose) in the meal
What are the two ways to get insulin into the body and how can they be used?
1. Injections
- Intermediate or long acting insulin for basal insulin
- Meal bolus with a rapid or short acting insulin
2. Insulin pump
- Rapid acting insulin only
- Continuous basal rate
- Meal bolus
What are some adverse effects of insulin therapy? 3
1. Insulin allergy or resistance
2. Lipohypertrophy
3. Hypoglycemia
What is insulin allergy? Does this still happen with human and analog insulins?
Insulin allergy is an immediate type hypersensitivity, is local or systemic urticaria results from histamine release from tissue mast cells sensitized by anti-insulin IgE antibodies. In severe cases, anaphylaxis results.

Because sensitivity is often to noninsulin protein contaminants, the human and analog insulins have markedly reduced the incidence of insulin allergy, especially local reactions.
How does lipohypertrophy develop with insulin?
if a pt repeatedly injects the same site
How does insulin resistance develop?
A low titer of circulating IgG anti-insulin antibodies that neutralize the action of insulin. Rarely, it may be associated with other systemic autoimmune processes such as lupus erythematosus.
What are some sx of hypoglycemia that result from the activation of the SNS and could be seen in the adverse rxns of insulin? 6
1. Sweating
2. Hunger
3. Paresthesias
4. Palpitations
5. Tremor
6. Anxiety
What are some sx of hypoglycemia that result from insufficient glucose for the brain and could be seen in the adverse rxns of insulin? 6
1. Difficulty concentrating
2. Confusion
3. Weakness
4. Drowsiness
5. Blurred vision
6. Loss of consciousness
How do you treat hypoglycemia from an insulin overdose? 4
1. Eat something: cookies, candy, orange juice
2. Glucose tablets
3. IV glucose
4. Glucagon (injected subcutaneous - take it anywhere)
What does glucagon do? 2
Increase glycogenolyis
Increase gluconeogensis
What results from low blood glucose?
- Low blood glucose stimulates alpha cells
- The alpha cells produce glucagon
- The glucagon goes to the liver: inc glycogenolysis and inc gluconeogenesis
- These produce glucose
What happens with Type II DM?
1. Insulin resistance
2. Reduced GLP-1 secretion -> helps reg blood glucose levels and secreted when you eat.
3. Pancreatic beta cell dysfunction -> Reduced insulin secretion and reduced amylin secretion
1. Insulin resistance
2. Reduced GLP-1 secretion -> helps reg blood glucose levels and secreted when you eat.
3. Pancreatic beta cell dysfunction -> Reduced insulin secretion and reduced amylin secretion
What are the oral antidiabetic drugs? 7
1. Biguanides (Metformin)
2. Meglitinides
3. Sulfonylureas
4. Thiazolidinediones
5. Incretin mimetics
6. Amylin analog
7. a-glucosidase inhibitors
A 52-year-old male is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. He begins lifestyle modifications. What will be the initial drug therapy for this patient?
Biguanides (Metformin) - it will tx the insulin resistance from type II DM
What is the first line drug for the tx of Type II diabetes? KNOW!
Biguanides - Metformin
What is the first line tx for Type I diabetes?
Insulin.
What is the MOA of Biguanide (Metformin)?
It targets the insulin resistance from type II DM and is ineffective in the absence of insulin.

In skeletal muscle and adipose tissue there is impaired insulin induced glucose uptake and clearance. And in the liver, there is a failure of insulin to suppress excessive heptic glucose production.

Metformin (Biguanide) activates AMPK an intracellular signal of depleted cellular energy stores that has been implicated in stimulation of skeletal muscle glucose uptake and inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis.
What does insulin do to skeletal muscle and liver?
1. skeletal muscle - inc glucose uptake
2. liver - dec glucose release
MOA summary of Metformin - Biguanide? In the liver (2) and the skeletal m. and adipose (3)
1. Liver
Decrease hepatic glucose output - inc glycogen stores and alleviating hyperglycemia
Probably reduces gluconeogenesis
2. Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue
Enhances insulin stimulated glucose uptake
Enhances utilization of glucose
Decreases insulin resistance
What will happen to serum insulin concentrations with metformin?
decrease slightly
What will happen to post-prandial glucose concentrations with metformin?
Decrease. It is an “insulin sensitizer” because glucose levels improve without stimulation of insulin secretion
What is important for shutting down glucose release from the liver postprandially?
Insulin!
What happens when you consume food (carbs)? (alpha cells, beta cells, and liver) How does Metformin change this reaction?
Blood glucose inc. causing the alpha cell to secrete less glucagon and the beta cell to secrete more insulin. The liver in turn releases less glucose. However, with Metformin there is an even greater neg effect on the liver to release even smaller amounts of glucose.
What will happen to fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels with metformin?
Decrease. Usually while fasting the alpha cell is releasing more glucagon, while the beta cell is releasing less insulin. The liver releases more glucose. However with Metformin the liver does not release as much glucose.
With Type II DM is there an increase or decrease in postprandial and fasting glucagon levels? What about glucose levels?
With T2DM there is an increase in both postprandial and fasting glucagon levels. And a dec in both postprandial and fasting glucose.
What are the pharmacokinetics of Metformin (Biguanide)? When do you take it?
1. excreted in the urine
2. half life = 2 hrs
3. Given 2-3/day w/ meals to prevent side effects
What is the clinical use of metformin?
1. T2DM
2. Lower the risk for developing T2DM in pre-diabetic pts ( but doesn't work as well as lifestyle changes)
What are the adverse effects of Metformin (Biguanide)? 4
1. D/V/ anorexia
2. metallic taste
3. lactic acidosis (rare)
4. megaloblastic anemia from impaired absorption of B12 (rare)
Is lactate produced from aerobic or anaerobic glucose metabolism?
anaerobic
How can lactic acidosis occur?
If production exceeds utilization, primarily in the liver, the anion gap increases and a state of lactic acidosis exist. Lactic acidosis is most often due to circulatory failure, hypoxia, and mitochondial dysfunction resulting in decreased tissue ATP (type A lactic acidosis). The result is increased anaerobic glycolysis and rate of reactinon of pyruvate to lactate.
How could metformin biguanide cause lactic acidosis?
Biguanides act by fixation to mitochondrial membranes, leading to lower intracellular adenosine triphosphate and higher adenosine monophosphate concentrations. Glucose is metabolized anaerobically. The resulting pyruvate is reduced to lactate, which is usually metabolized quickly in the liver. The patient might show a moderate lactatemia but no lactic acidosis. If this mechanism fails, severe lactic acidosis will develop, followed by multiple-organ dysfunction, a complication associated with a poor prognosis
Metformin (Biguanide) is contraindicated with...4
1. Renal disease *major concern*
2. Hepatic disease or alcohol abuse
3. lactic acidosis
4. dec tissue perfusion or hemodynamic instability (acute MI, lect ventricular failure, hypoxic lung disease, or septicemia)
What should be discontinued before IV contrast media or surgery? and why?
Metformin or Biguanide b/c they predispose to lactic acidosis.
While lactic acidosis is very rare or essentially zero without a predisposing condition, why is this such a big deal?
Potentially fatal
High number of people have a contraindication
Two of the biggest concerns in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus is whether or not the drug causes hypoglycemia or weight gain. What effect will metformin most likely have on these parameters?
- Doesn’t cause hypoglycemia
- Causes either weight loss or stabilization
What are some "extra positive" Metformin (Biguanide) effects? 5
1. No hypoglycemia
2. Decrease circulating insulin levels
3. Weight loss or stabilization
- Absence of hyperinsulinemic effects
- GI upset – less food intake
4. Shown to prevent macrovascular complications
5. Decrease TG, total and LDL-C
- Decrease VLDL synthesis
If your patient developed significant renal impairment or their blood glucose level was not adequately controlled with metformin, what can you use?
Pretty much any of the other drugs except rosiglitazone
What part of the T2DM web does thiazolidinedione target?
insulin resistance, enhance the action of insulin at target tissues
Thiazolidinediones aka - TZDs or Glitazones. What are the agents? 2
1. Pioglitazone (Actos)
2. Rosiglitazone (Avandia)
What is the MOA for Thiazolidinediones (glitazones)?
Stimulate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g)
What is peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma)?
Intracellular receptor that increases transcription
Where is PPAR-g located? Function?
Lots in adipose tissue and some in skeletal muscle and liver.

- Serves as the master regulator of adipose cell differentiation and plays an important role in lipid metabolism. The increased storage of fatty acids in adipose tissue allows other tissues – such as the liver – to lower their fat content, lower their glucose production, and increase their insulin sensitivity.
What is the thazolidinediones' (glitazones) end result in adipose, muscle, and liver tissue?
1. Adipose tissue
Increased insulin stimulated glucose uptake
Lower free fatty acids
2. Muscle
Increased insulin stimulated glucose uptake
3. Liver
Inhibit gluconeogenesis (improves insulin-mediated suppression of hepatic glucose production)
What is the MOA of thiazolidinediones?(glitazones) 5
1. Liver, skeletal m., and adipose tissue
2. activates PPAR-gamma
3. inc transcription of GLUT4
4. inc uptake and utilization of glucose in adipose and skeletal m.
5. in the liver, it inhibits gluconeogenesis
What happens to insulin resistance with thiazolidiones (glitazones) ?
dec
Is insulin required for the glucose lowering effect of pioglitazone?
yes,
What is the clinical use of Thiazolidinediones (glitazones)? When do you take it?
1. T2DM - effective in dec both fasting and postprandial glucose
2. taken once a day
Will pioglitazone tend to cause hypoglycemia?
Pancreas shuts off insulin production so it will not cause this. no.
Will Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) cause weight gain?
Yes, it could be adipose tissue mass or fluid retenton.

1. glitazone => PPAR-y activation => differentiation of pre-adipocytes into mature fat cells => weight gain

2. glitazone => PPAR-y activation => collecting tubules => inc activity of Na channels => Na reabsorption => edema => wt gain
Would you use pioglitazone in a patient with bad heart failure?
No, b/c of the edema.
Will Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) cause dec bone density and inc bone fractures?
Yes, glitazone => PPAR-y activation => Bone => bone marrow stromal cells are diverted from osteoblast lineage into the adipocyte lineage => more fractures.
What are the 5 adverse effects of Thiazolidinediones (glitazones)?
1. Fluid retention - Contraindicated in NYHA Class III and IV heart failure
2. Weight gain
3. Increased risk fracture - Women only
4. Anemia
5. Hepatotoxicity - Troglitazone taken off the market
Newer TZDs less hepatotoxicity
Which Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) has very restricted use and why?
Rosiglitazone b/c Data suggesting an increased risk of cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infraction and stroke
Where do the Sulfonylureas and the Meglitinides target in T2DM?
Reduced insulin secretion
What are the sulfonylurea drugs? 3
1. Glimepiride
2. Glipizide
3. Glyburide

These are the second generation, the first gen. is no longer used.
The release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells summary. 6
1. Glucose enters pancreatic beta cells via GLUT 2.
2. Glucose metabolism generates ATP and inc the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio.
3. This ratio modulates the activity of the ATP sensitive K channel on the beta cell plasma membrane.
4. A high intracellular ATP/ADP ratio closes the channel.
5. This depolarizes the cell, which opens a voltage gated Ca channel on the plasma membrane.
6. The increase in intracellular Ca stimulates exocytosis of insulin containing vesicles, thereby releasing insulin.
MOA of sulfonylurea Drugs 3
1. The K channel of pancreatic beta cells contains a subunit that is a receptor for sulfonylureas
2. Binding causes K channel to close, preventing its efflux
3. This depolarizes the cell, opening a voltage gated Ca channel that causes activates the secretion of insulin
Do sulfonylureas have an effect on pulsatile secretion of insulin or basal? 2
- increases the amount of insulin secreted with each pulse, but doesn't inc the frequency of pulses
- no effecton basal insulin secretion
A person with type 2 diabetes took glipizide which increased insulin release from pancreatic b cells. What effect will that have on glucagon secretion from pancreatic a cells?
dec
What is the major and minor roles of sulfonylurea drugs?
1. major role - stimulates insulin release from the pancreatic B cells
2. minor role - dec glucagon secretion - from enhanced release of both insulin and somatostatin
Describe the clinical uses of Sulfonylurea drugs. Why is it used? When do you take it? Why do ppl stop taking it?
1. T2DM
2. once a day
3. this drug usually fails or stops working in 1-2 yrs
Will a sulfonylurea cause hypoglycemia and weight gain?
Yes, hypoglycemia and weight gain.
What are the adverse effects of Sulfonylurea Drugs? 5
1. N/V
2. Allergic skin rxns
3. Cholestatic jaundice
4. Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia
5. hyponatremia and the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)
What are the meglitinide drugs? 2
1. Repaglinide
2. Nateglinide
What is the MOA of Meglitinide (Repaglinide and Nateglinide) drugs?
- Binds to a different site on the channel subunit than the sulfonylureas
- Inhibit the ATP-sensitive K channels in the same manner as the sulfonylureas.
Meglitinide (Repaglinide and Nateglinide) drugs Pharmacokinetics?
1. very fast onset: 15-30 min
2. short duration - major effect is reduce postprandial hyperglycemia, and should give before meals.
-Nateglinide:
- Repaglinide
Meglitinide (Repaglinide and Nateglinide) drugs clinical uses ?
1. Type 2 diabetes mellitus
2. Take before meal to control postprandial glycemia
What effect will nateglinide have on overnight or fasting glucose levels?
Little effect. Nateglinide may have a special role in the treatment of individuals with isolated postprandial hyperglycemia, but it has minimal effect on overnight or fasting glucose levels.
Meglitinide (Repaglinide and Nateglinide) drug adverse effect?
Hypoglycemia (Lower risk of hypoglycemia than SFU, but weight gain still issue)
What portion of the diabetic disease does Incretins (GLP-1 mimetics) target?
Reduced GLP-1 secretion
How does giving IV glucose differ from giving oral glucose?
IV glucose – smaller spike in insulin release vs oral glucose
What is GLP-1 and what does it do?
- GLP-1 is released from L cells during nutrient absorption in the GI tract.

- Secretion is impaired in type 2 DM

-Liver – decreased glucagon reduces hepatic glucose production (secondary effect from GLP-1)

-High doses – delays gastric emptying and induces satiety.
How does the body get rid of GLP-1?
Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV
(DPP-IV)
How can you increase GLP-1 effects in the body?
1. Prevent the metabolism of GLP-1
2. Give GLP-1
What are the GLP-1 Mimetics? 5
1. GLP-1 agonists
- Exenatide (Byetta)
- Liraglutide (Victoza)
2. DPP-IV inhibitors
- Sitagliptin (Januvia )
- Saxagliptin (Onglyza)
- Linagliptin (Tradjenta)
Which can cause a higher concentration of ‘GLP-1’ (greater GLP-1 effect)?
Exenatide; You can give a lot of it. Verus just inhibiting the breakdown…there’s only so much there.
What is the GLP-1 Mimetics MOA for low and high concentrations of GLP-1? 2
1. lower GLP-1 concentrations
- inc glucose stimulated beta cell secretory activity
- reduces alpha cell secretory activity
2. Higher GLP-1 conc
- delays gastric emptying
- inc satety
Which agent will most likely reduce appetite and food intake?
Exenatide
What is the MOA for GLP-1 agonists and DPP-IV inhibitors? 2
1. Increases glucose stimulated b-cell secretory activity
2. Reduces a-cell secretory activity
What is the MOA for GLP-1 agonists? 2
1. Delays gastric emptying
2. Increases satiety
What is the advantage of increasing glucose stimulated insulin release?
Less chance of causing hypoglycemia...mimics the natural course of the body.
What is the advantage of decreasing glucagon release?
Reduce hepatic glucose production
What is the advantage of delayed gastric emptying?
Reduce the postprandial spike in blood glucose levels, by doing this the pancreas can catch up
Pharmaco GLP-1 Mimetics: Which 2 drugs are Subcutaneous injections and which 2 drugs are oral?
1. Exenatide and Liraglutide - Subcutaneous injections
2. Sitagliptin and Saxagliptin - Oral
What is the clinical use of GLP-1 Mimetic? Hint: what the entire lecture is about.
T2DM
What are the adverse effects of Exenatide and Liraglutide (GLP-1 Mimetic and Incretin)
1. Nausea, vomiting
2. Hypoglycemia – low risk
3. Pruritus, urticaria, rash
4. Acute pancreatitis
Why do the GLP-1 agonists cause nausea and vomiting?
Delay gastric emptying
What is an adverse effect associated with Liraglutide in particular along with the N/V, hypoglycemia, pruritus, and acute pancreatitis?
Thyroid C-cell carcinoma = black box warning
What are the adverse effects of DPP-IV inhibitors? 2
1. Hypoglycemia – low risk
2. Allergic reactions - Rash, hives, angioedema, anaphylaxis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome
What effect will exenatide and sitagliptin have on body weight?
-Exenatide will dec body weight
- Sitagliptin will have no effecton body weight
What part of the diabetic disease does Pramlintide target?
Reduced amylin secretion from the pancreatic beta cell dysfunction is where Pramlintide takes action.
What is amylin?
It is secreted by the Pancreatic beta cell just like insulin and results in:
1. delayed gastric emptying
2. inhibited glucagon secretion
3. increased satiety

Slows and reduces the entry of glucose into circulation, working w/ insulin to control glucose levels.
What is the Pramlintide agent? (1)
Amylin mimetic
What are the clinical uses for pramlintide or amylin mmetic?
1. Type 1 and type 2 diabetics who inject insulin at mealtimes.
2. Subcutaneous injection
What are the adverse effects of Pramlintide or amylin mimetic? 3
1. Nausea, vomiting, anorexia
2. Headache
3. Hypoglycemia when combined with insulin
What do Exenatide and Amylin have in common?
both delay gastric emptying and reduce the postprandial spike in blood glucose levels
How else can the postprandial rise in blood glucose level be reduced?
a-Glucosidase Inhibitors
What are the 2 alpha-Glucosidase inhibitors?
1. Acarbose
2. Miglitol

AKA Starch blockers
What is the MOA for alpha glucosidase inhibitors? 4
1. Reversible inhibitor of a-glucosidase, an enzyme attached to the intestinal brush border.
2. It cleaves complex carbohydrates to yield glucose.
3. By reversibly inhibiting a glucosidase, carbohydrates that would have been absorbed in the upper small intestine are absorbed instead, in smaller quantities, throughout the length of the small intestine.
4. This increases the time required for absorption of carbohydrates which helps reduce the postprandial peak in blood sugar.
Will acarbose reduce fasting blood glucose levels?
No, Lower post-prandial glucose levels without causing hypoglycemia. Since carbs are absorbed more distally, malabsorption and weight loss do not occur. But increased delivery of carbs to the colon commonly result in increased gas production and GI symptoms.
alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors: clinical use?
T2DM
What are the adverse effects of alpha glucosidase? 5
1. Flatulence
2. Bloating
3. Abdominal discomfort
4. Diarrhea
5. Elevation of liver enzymes
what will Metformin do?
increase glucose uptake into cells

will also reduce gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis in the liver
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Liver
Decrease hepatic glucose output
Probably reduces gluconeogenesis
Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue
Enhances insulin stimulated glucose uptake
Enhances utilization of glucose
Decreases insulin resistance
Pioglitazone does what?
Stimulate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g)

Present in liver, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue (highest levels)
Activates the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g)
This increases transcription of genes such as the glucose transporter, GLUT4.
In adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, it increases uptake and utilization of glucose.
In liver, it inhibits gluconeogenesis.

Class: Thiazolidinediones (TZD)
Rosiglitazone does what?
Stimulate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g)

Present in liver, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue (highest levels)
Activates the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-g (PPAR-g)
This increases transcription of genes such as the glucose transporter, GLUT4.
In adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, it increases uptake and utilization of glucose.
In liver, it inhibits gluconeogenesis.

Class: Thiazolidinediones (TZD)
DRUG OF LAST RESORT!
what kind of drug is Glimepiride
Sulfonylurea Drug

Stimulation of insulin release from pancreatic b cells by glucos
what kind of drug is Glipizide
Sulfonylurea Drug

Stimulation of insulin release from pancreatic b cells by glucose
what kind of drug is Glyburide
Sulfonylurea Drug

Stimulation of insulin release from pancreatic b cells by glucose
Exenatide is what kind of drug?
GLP-1 agonists

Delays gastric emptying
Increases glucose stimulated b-cell secretory activity
Reduces a-cell secretory activity
Inhibits postprandial glucagon secretion
Increases satiety
Liraglutide is what kind of drug?
GLP-1 agonists

Delays gastric emptying
Increases glucose stimulated b-cell secretory activity
Reduces a-cell secretory activity
Inhibits postprandial glucagon secretion
Increases satiety

causes thyroid cancer
Sitagliptin is what kind of drug?
DPP-IV inhibitors (increases GLP-1)

Delays gastric emptying
Increases glucose stimulated b-cell secretory activity
Reduces a-cell secretory activity
Inhibits postprandial glucagon secretion
Increases satiety
Saxagliptin is what kind of drug?
DPP-IV inhibitors (increases GLP-1)

Delays gastric emptying
Increases glucose stimulated b-cell secretory activity
Reduces a-cell secretory activity
Inhibits postprandial glucagon secretion
Increases satiety
Pramlintide is what kind of drug?
Amylin mimetic

Inhibit glucagon secretion
Delay gastric emptying
Increase satiety
what kind of drug is Acarbose
a-Glucosidase Inhibitors

Slower absorption of glucose-->reduced postprandial peak in blood glucose
what kind of drug is Miglitol
a-Glucosidase Inhibitors

Slower absorption of glucose-->reduced postprandial peak in blood glucose
Repaglinide is what kind of drug?
Meglitinide

Binds to a different site on the channel subunit than the sulfonylurea
Inhibit the ATP-sensitive K channels in the same manner as the sulfonylureas.

INCREASED INSULIN RELEASE
Nateglinide is what kind of drug?
Meglitinide

Binds to a different site on the channel subunit than the sulfonylurea
Inhibit the ATP-sensitive K channels in the same manner as the sulfonylureas.


INCREASED INSULIN RELEASE