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Lecture 13 / 14: Antidiabetic Agents Flashcards

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Name the following Insulin and Insulin analogs:
* Rapid-acting (1)
* Intermediate-acting (1)
* Long-acting (3)

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Rapid-Acting: Regular Insulin
Intermediate Acting: NPH Insulin
Long-Acting: Insulin glargine, Insulin detemir, Insulin degludec

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What are the two classes of Liver, Muscle and Adipose Agents, and the one drug in each class?

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  1. Biguanides: Metformin
  2. Thiazolidinediones: Pioglitazone
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2 Classes of Enhanced B-cell Insulin Release? Drugs in each class?

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  • Sulfonylureas:
    1. Glyburide
    2. Glipizide
    3. Glimepiride
  • Meglitinides:
    1. Repaglinide
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2 classes of drugs that Mimic or Prolong Gut Hormone Effects on B-cells?

3 drugs in each class?

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  • Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists:
    1. Exenatide
    2. Liraglutide
    3. Dulaglutide
  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors:
    1. Sitagliptin
    2. Saxagliptin
    3. Linagliptin
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Drugs that enhance renal excretion of glucose (3)

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Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors
agliflozin ending
1. Canaglifozin
2. Dapaglifozin
3. Empaglifozin

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What disease can inhibit metformin drug therapy?

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Chronic Kidney Disease

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What drugs can preserve kidney function in T2DM patients?

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ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB)

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Describe structure of insulin, the drug

chains, T1/2, metabolism / elimination

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  • 51 amino acid protein arranged in two chains (A and B; orange color); proinsulin is insulin with C peptide (green)
  • T1/2 = 3-5 min (little to no albumin binding)
  • 60% cleared in liver / 35-40% cleared in kidneys
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What are the 2 therapeutic approaches for T2DM?

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  1. Education
  2. Medications
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What is the education provided to T2DM patients? Explain effects of bodyweight reduction on diabetes risk.

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  • proper diet, adequate exercise, smoking cessation
  • If bodyweight reduced by 5-10% then risk of type II diabetes is reduced by 58%.
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Diabetes medication for patients with NO underlying conditions?

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Metformin

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Medications for patients with NO underlying conditions: Additional med. if greater decrease in blood glucose is needed than on metformin alone?

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Metformin + sulfonylurea

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Medications for patients with NO underlying conditions: Greater glucose decrease than with metformin + sulfonylurea?

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Metformin + sulfonylurea + insulin (or others)
Others:
* Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor
* Glucagon-Like Peptide -1 Receptor Agonists
* Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitors

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What drugs to use for T2DM patients WITH atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

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  1. Use glucagon-like peptide -1 receptor agonists; e.g. liraglutide, dulaglutide
  2. Increased weight loss with these drugs; helpful for these patients
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Drugs for patients with T2DM patients WITH renal impairment or CKD. What else may be needed?

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  1. Use sodium-glucose co transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors; e.g. empagliflozin, canagliflozin, dapagliflozin
  2. Reduces progression of CKD
  3. SGLT2 inhibitors have less glycemic effect so additional medications may be needed
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Insulin Therapy: Mechanism of Action

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– binds to specific insulin receptors; overall effect is to
decrease blood levels of glucose and other nutrients (e.g. amino acids)

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Insulin MOA in Liver?

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Inhibit gluconeogenesis, inhibit conversion of amino acids to glucose/keto acids, promote glucose storage as glycogen

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Insulin MOA in Muscle?
Banned substance?

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  • Increase: protein synthesis, transport amino acids and glucose, muscle growth. ** Insulin is a banned
    substance according to World Anti-Doping Agency (not allowed in or out of competition)
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Insulin MOA in Adipose tissue?

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Increase storage of triglycerides, increase uptake of blood glucose

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Side effects of insulin therapy?

blood sugar, weight, cancer, allergy, immune response

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  • Hypoglycemia
  • Weight gain - not ideal (90% of T2DM patients are obese / overweight)
  • Possible increased cancer BUT confounding variables due to obese patients at higher risk of cancer anyway
  • Insulin allergy - rare; local or systemic urticarial, very rare: anaphylaxis
  • Immune Insulin resistance - IgG antibodies against insulin (dosage increase needed)
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Symptoms of hypoglycemia due to insulin? When is it most prevalent?

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hunger, headache, tremors, weakness, sweating,
seizures

can be especially prevalent at night while sleeping

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Why does insulin given subcutaneously work more slowly than endogenous insulin secreted by the pancreas?

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  • Tendency of reg. insulin to form non-covalent hexamers in solution
  • Breakdown of hexamers to monomers requires time
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Which 3 insulin analogs more readily form monomers in solution? How does this affect speed of action?

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Aspart, glulisine and lispro

velocity of action closer to meal-induced peak of pancreatic insulin

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What is only insulin suitable for intravenous use?

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  • Regular insulin (Humulin R and Novolin R)—a clear solution of human sequence insulin
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What is the intermediate acting preparation? Why is it longer acting?
NPH Insulin Human sequence insulin aggregated w/ protamine and zinc The time involved in breaking down these aggregates causes the delayed, longer time course of NPH versus regular insulin
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What is mechanism for longer acting insulin glargine? | Solubility at pH
Amino acids added that alter solubility, making it less so. This insulin is soluble at pH 4 but poorly soluble at pH 7. When injected subcutaneously, insulin glargine forms a fine precipitant in the interstitial fluids
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Mechanism for long acting insulin detemir
Long-acting due to self-association at subcutaneous injection site and by binding to albumin in the blood stream
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Mechanism for long acting insulin degludec?
Long-acting due to self association at subcutaneous injection site and by binding to albumin in the blood stream
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Why are multiple shots of a combo of intermediate or long acting, and short acting insulin administered? What do short and longer acting insulins mimic?
* to mimic the profile of insulin levels found in non-diabetics * Intermediate- and long-acting insulins are given to mimic 24-hour basal insulin secretion. * Short-acting insulins are given preprandial to mimic nutrient-stimulated insulin secretion
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Main 3 goals of insulin therapy? Do all patients achieve this? | fasting / post prandial / A1C
* Fasting and preprandial blood glucose level of 70-130 mg/dL * Post-prandial blood glucose level two hours after meal of less than 180 mg/dL * Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) less than 7% (associated with a decreased risk of long-term complications) * Caveats: not all patients achieve these goals (hypoglycemia, cognition, age
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What is first line drug therapy for T2DM?
Metformin 4th most prescribed drug in US
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Metformin and hypoglycemia and weight gain?
Unlike insulin, it does not cause hypoglycemia and is termed an “euglycemic” agent also it does not cause weight gain; (insulin and sulfonylureas can cause weight gain)
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Metformin: Metabolism and pharmacokinetics | t1/2, dose, binding , metabolism, excretion, use w/ caution w/ who?
* T1/2 1.5 to 3 hours * max dosing is 850mg 3X per day 2.55 grams/day! * Not bound to plasma proteins * Not metabolized * 100% excreted by kidneys as an active compound * Use with caution in patients with decreased GFR (e.g. eGFR 45 – 30 mL/min per 1.73m2)
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Metformin: MOA
* Inhibits liver gluconeogenesis
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Metformin: Side Effects | GI, Metabolic, renal
* Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea nausea, vomitting and flatulence * Infection (21%) - Lexicomp * Metabolic acidosis – can be severe (Black Box warning), results from impaired hepatic metabolism of lactic acid; other biguanides in US were discontinued due to this effect * For patients with renal impairment, metformin is not eliminated as expected resulting in increased risk of metabolic acidosis
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What are the 3 sulfonylureas? When are they used? What do they require? What are the considered to be?
* Glyburide, Glimepiride, Glipizide * Used in early stage T2DM * require functioning beta cells; * considered insulin secretagogues (promotes secretion)
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Sulfonylureas: Metabolism and pharmacokinetics | metabolism, excretion, 2nd gen
metabolized in liver to inactive or partially active metabolites excreted via kidney second generation sulfonylureas also undergo bile excretion
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Sulfonylureas: MOA | channel / cause
Glyburide, Glimepiride, Glipizide Mechanism of action: bind to 140 kDa receptor associated with ATP-sensitive inward rectifying K+ channel cause β-cell depolarization and insulin secret
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Which sulfonylurea has shortest half life? When is it taken?
Glipizide – shortest half life (2 - 4hr); taken prior to individual meals
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Sulfonylureas: Side Effects
* Hypoglycemia * Weight gain may occur due to an increase in appetite * A sulfur allergy may occur in susceptible patients * Increased cardiovascular mortality in 1st generation sulfonylureas has been associated with long-term sulfonylurea treatment although other studies do not show this association
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What class of drug is Repaglinide? How is it similar to sulfonylureas? | whats necessary / MOA?
Meglitinide Similar to sulfonylureas in terms of: * Require functioning pancreatic beta cells (T2DM patients) and is considered insulin secretagogue * Mechanism of action: inhibit K+ ATP gated channels in pancreatic β-cells – depolarize cells
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Repaglinide: Side effects
* Hypoglycemia * No sulfur, so can be used in patients with sulfur or sulfonylurea allergies
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What are the 3 Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists, and their MOA?
Exenatide, Liraglutide, Dulaglutide MOA: GLP-1 receptor activation in pancreatic β-cells enhances or augments glucose stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS)
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What is a positive side effect of GLP1 receptor agonists?
In CNS, GLP-1 produces the feeling of satiety. Reduced body weight is a positive side effect… great for T2DM patients; 4.5 lbs lost over placebo group
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics | route, metablisim enzyme, t1/2
Exenatide, Liraglutide, Dulaglutide All drugs given by subcutaneous injection metabolized in blood by dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) half life widely varies 2.5 hours for exenatide to 5 days for dulaglutide
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What is GLP-1 Agonist a derivative of? T1/2? Dose? Metabolism?
* Derivative of the exendin-4 peptide in Gila monster venom * Short half life 2.5 hours; dosed 60 minutes before meal * 53% homology with normal GLP-1 resists metabolism/degradation by DPP-4
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GLP-1 agonists: Side effects | do they improve?
nausea (up to 28%), vomiting (up to 10%); 4% of patients dropped out of a clinical study due to nausea nausea goes away with continued drug use
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What are the 3 Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP-4) Inhibitors? Metabolism / pharmacokinetics? | route, t1/2,
Sitagliptin, Saxagliptin, Linagliptin * Given by oral administration (p.o.) * Metabolism and pharmacokinetics: half life 2 – 12 hours depending on drug
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which is only DPP4 inhibitor that is eliminated by biliary secretion?
Linagliptin
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Only DPP4 inhibitor that requires no dose adjustment for renal dysfunction or CKD?
Linagliptin
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DPP4 inhibitors: MOA
Sitagliptin, Saxagliptin, Linagliptin Mechanism of action: Inhibit DPP-4 activity which inhibits degradation of GLP-1 extending actions of GLP-1 on pancreatic β-cells
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DPP4 Inhibitors: Side effects
increased risk of pancreatitis, can be severe animal studies show DPP-4 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists may increase risk of pancreatic cancer but no human data show increased risk.
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3 Sodium-glucose Co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitors: 1. How much glucose is reabsorbed 2. How much do they lower A1C 3. What reduces efficacy
Canaglifozin, Dapaglifozin, Empaglifozin 1. 90% of filtered glucose in glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed by SGLT-2 2. SGLT-2 inhibitors can lower A1C levels by up to 1%; on par with DDP-4 but not as good as GLP-1 agonists 3. Due to effects on kidney, efficacy is reduced in patients with CDK
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SGLT-2 Inhibitors: Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics | route, metabolism
Canaglifozin, Dapaglifozin, Empaglifozin * Given by oral administration * Metabolism: mostly fecal elimination of active drug with some glucuronide conjugation and renal elimination of metabolites
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SGLT2 Inhibitors: MOA
Canaglifozin, Dapaglifozin, Empaglifozin MOA: Inhibit SGLT-2 in renal proximal tubules to reduce glucose reabsorption from glomerular filtrate in nephron Increased excretion of glucose
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SGLT2 Inhibitors: Side effects
: like GLP-1 agonists, reduced bodyweight – idea in T2DM patients * For all: increased risk of genital or urinary tract infections (9%) * **Canaglifozin: increased risk of bone fractures (30%), at least in one study ** * Ketoacidosis in insulin dependent type I or T2DM patients.
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Why can SGLT2 inhibitors cause ketoacidosis?
Because blood glucose remains normal while taking SGLT-2 inhibitors so insulin is withheld resulting in diabetic ketoacidosis. 2017 FDA warning issued
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2 alpha-glucosidase inhibitors: MOA and side effects (these are not bolded or even mentioned on drug list, but have some underlined areas in slides)
acarbose and miglitol MOA: Delay digestion and absorption of ingested starches and disaccharides Reduces postprandial glucose levels by 30-50% NOT used often in US due to prominent side effects related to GI; flatulence, diarrhea, and abdominal pain/bloating due to fermentation of sugars in large intestine

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