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6. Grunberger G. Quo vadis ? Ten-year perspective. Expert Opin Mitiglinide Calcium (r/NNMJ Pharmacother 2011; 12: 2097-2 106. Interactions cal�ica; The efficacy of nateglinide may be affected by other Mitigiinidurn;KAD-1 229; Mitiglinida Mitig!lnide Adverse Effects and Precautions that have an independent effect on blood glucose. For more lviitigiinide Calcium Hydrate; S-21403; Kanbl;Yl>i details and examples of drugs that can increase or decrease As for , p. 497.2. blood-glucose concentrations, see Interactions under , p. 504.3. Incidence of adverse effects. A postmarketing cohort study collected adverse effect data for the first 6 months Reviews. 1. Scheen AJ. -drug and food-drug pharmacokinetic interactions with after starting nateglinide in 4557 patients 1 Of these, 336 new insulinotropic <�gents repaglinide and nateglinidc. Clin Pharmaca­ (7.4%) used nateglinide alone, but the majority (76%) kinet 2007; 46: 93-108. were treated with nateglinide plus . There were 80 adverse event reports attributed to nateglinide. Gastro­ Antibacterials. Rifampicin reduced the plasma concentra­ Profile intestinal disturbances were most common, particularly tions and half-life of nateglinide in healthy subjects, prob­ diarrhoea. There were 4 reports of hypersensitivity reac­ ably by induction of the cytochrome P450 isoenzyme Mitiglinide is a antidiabetic (see Repaglinide, tions, presenting as pruritus or rash. Of the 45 reports of CYP2C9.1 The glucose-lowering effect of nateglinide was p. 497.2) that is used in the treatment of hypoglycaernia involving nateglinide, 5 patients were on not affected, but there was a marked interindividual varia­ I). mellitus (p. 459. Mitiglinide calcium is given in usual oral monotherapy, while the rest were also taking other tion in the pharmacokinetic changes, and the authors sug­ doses of 10 mg three time daily, immediately before meals. antidiabetics. Isolated reports that were assessed as prob­ gested that some diabetic patients could be affected. References. ably related to nateglinide included palpitations, Ray­ 1. Niemi M, et al. Eftect ol rifampicin on the pharmacokinetics and l. Yoshihara T, et al. Therapeutic efficacy of mitiglinide combined with naud's phenomenon, and oedema and fluid retention. pharmacodynamics of nateglinide in healthy subjects. Br J Clin once daily glargine after switching from multiple daily insulin 56: 1. Twaites B, et al. Safety of nateglinide as used in general practice in Pharmacal 2003; 427-32. regimen of aspart insulin and glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes England: results of a prescription-event monitoring study. Acta Diabetal mellitus. Endocr J 2006; 53: 67-72. 2007; 44: 233-9. 2. Kumashiro N, et al. Long-term effect of combination therapy with Antifungals. Fluconazole raised the plasma concentrations mitiglinide and once daily in patients who were and prolonged the half-life of nateglinide in healthy sub­ switched from intensive insulin therapy in short-term Overdosage. A blood-glucose concentration of 2.0mmol!­ jects, probably by inhibition of its metabolism by the cyto­ 54: study. 163-6. litre was rneasured 1 hour after ingestion of nateglinide chrome P450 isoenzyme CYP2C9.1 The glucose-lowering 3. Yamada S, et a!. Effect of combination therapy of a rapid-acting insulin secretagogue (glinide) with premixed insulin in type 2 diabetes mellitus. 3.42 g in a 30-year-old woman 1 She was able to walk effect of nateglinide was not affected, but a low dose of Intern Med 2007; 46: 1893-7. unaided, but seemed drowsy. The hypoglycaemic effect of nateglinide had been used and the authors suggested that 4. Malaisse WJ . .Mitiglinide: a rapid- and short-acting non- nateglinide lasted for 6 hours and was treated with intra­ in diabetic patients fluconazole may enhance and prolong treatment of type 2 diabetic patients. Expert venous glucose (total dose IOO g). the effects of nateglinide. Opin 9: 2691-8. 5. Kaku K, er al. Effect of mitiglinide on glycemic control over 52 weeks in I. Nakayama S, et al. Hypoglycemia following a nateglinide overdose in a ph

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