Pharmacology of Oral medications for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Exam 2 Flashcards
What are the insulin secretagogues? (drug classes)
- Sulfonylureas
- Meglitinides (Glinides)
What are the Sulfonylureas?
only need to know second generation:
- Glimepride (Amaryl)
- Glipizide (Glucotrol XL)
- Glyburide / Glibenclamide (Diabeta, Glynase, Micronase)
What are the Meglitinides (Glinides)?
- Repaglinide (Prandin)
- Nateglinide (Starlix)
What are the insulin sensitizers? (classes only)
- Biguanides
- Thiazolidinediones
What are the Biguanides?
Metformin (Glucophage, Glucophage XR, Glumetza, Fortamet, Riomet)
What are the Thiazolidinediones?
- Pioglitazone (Actos)
- Rosiglitazone (Avandia)
What are the gut or incretin-related drugs? (classes only)
- Incretin mimetics
- Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors
- Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
What are the incretin mimetics?
- Exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon)
- Liraglutide (Victoza)
What are the Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors?
- Sitagliptin (Januvia)
- Saxagliptin (Onglyza)
What are the Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors?
- Acarbose (Precose)
- Miglitol (Glyset)
What are the classes of drugs for oral DM medications?
- Insulin Secretagogues
- Insulin Sensitizers
- Gut or Incretin-related drugs
- Sodium Glucose Transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor
- Dopamine Agonist
- Bile Acid Sequestrant
What are the Sodium Glucose Transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors?
- Canagliflozin (Invokana)
- Dapagliflozin (Farxiga)
What are the Dopamine Agonists?
Bromocriptine (Cycloset)
What are the Bile Acid Sequestrants?
Colesevelam hydrochloride (WelCHOL)
Mechanism of action for Sulfonylureas
Sulfonylureas bind to the sulfonylurea portion on the ATP/K channel -> closes it -> membrane potential changes -> Ca++ channel opens -> exocytosis of insulin granules
What is the difference between the first and generation Sulfonylureas?
- First generation: Lower binding affinity to the SUR1 -> give higher doses -> Higher side effects
- Second generation: Higher binding affinity to the SUR1; more potent -> give lower doses -> Lesser side effects
Mechanism of action for Glinides or Meglitinides
bind to different subunit (than sulfonylureas) on the sulfonylurea portion on the ATP/K channel -> closes it -> membrane potential changes -> Ca++ channel opens -> exocytosis of insulin granules
Properties of Glinides or Meglitinides
- Very rapid onset and short duration of action
- first-phase insulin release is stimulated in a glucose-sensitive manner
- if pts are allergic to sulfa, they can be on this med
Mechanism of action for Biguanides
goes into liver cell through OCT1 -> inhibits mitochondrial respiration via complex 1 -> decreases ATP -> more AMP -> AMPK gets activated which decreases lipid / cholesterol synthesis + affect gene expression + affect FBPase (which would decrease gluconeogenesis)
Effects of Biguanides
- less lipid / cholesterol synthesis
- less weight gain
- less glucose production from liver
- less hyperglycemia
- decreased glucagon receptor activity
What are the various mechanism of metformin?
- Anti-cancer agent: decrease energy levels -> increase AMP -> activate AMP -> becomes cytotoxic to cancer cells
- Insulin sensitizer: increases Adiponectin released from adipose tissues -> increase insulin sensitivity and helps body utilize glucose
Mechanism of action for Thiazolidinediones (Glitazones)
binds to PPARγ -> forms drug receptor complex -> change conformation -> go into nucleus -> bind to DNA for gene transcription -> overall effects are less glucose production and more insulin sensitivity
Effects if Thiazolidinediones (Glitazones)
- less glucose production
- increased insulin sensitivity
Mechanism of action for GLP1 agonist
binds to GLP1 receptor in beta cells -> activate cascade / adenylyl cyclase -> increase ATP -> closes ATP/K channel -> changes membrane potential -> Ca++ channels open -> Ca++ comes into cell -> exocytosis release of insulin