Timing of Metformin Important in Metformin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes

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By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 -- Glucose lowering by metformin is greater when given before enteral glucose among patients with type 2 diabetes controlled by metformin monotherapy, according to a study recently published in Diabetologia.

Cong Xie, Ph.D., from the University of Adelaide in Australia, and colleagues studied 16 participants with type 2 diabetes that was relatively well controlled by metformin monotherapy on four separate days. Participants were randomly assigned on each day to receive a bolus infusion of metformin via a nasoduodenal catheter at −60, −30, or 0 minutes (saline at other time points) or saline at all time points (control) followed by an intraduodenal glucose infusion at 0 to 60 minutes.

The researchers identified a treatment-by-time interaction for metformin in terms of reducing plasma glucose levels and increasing plasma glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and insulin levels. A greater reduction in plasma glucose levels was seen when metformin was administered at −60 or −30 minutes versus 0 minutes; the increases in plasma GLP-1 were only seen when metformin was administered at −60 or −30 minutes. Metformin enhanced glucose-induced insulin secretion, although it did not influence insulin sensitivity; on the three days when metformin was given, the increases in plasma insulin levels were comparable.

"Metformin is more effective in glucose-lowering when given before, rather than with, enteral glucose, and this is associated with a greater GLP-1 response," the authors write.

Several authors disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical industry.

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Source: HealthDay

Posted : 2024-06-22 01:15

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