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Nateglinide

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Nateglinide
Clinical data
Trade namesStarlix
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa699057
License data
Routes of
administration
Oral
ATC code
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Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding98%
Elimination half-life1.5 hours
Identifiers
  • (2R)-2-({[trans-4-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl}amino)-3-phenylpropanoic acid
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ECHA InfoCard100.170.086 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H27NO3
Molar mass317.429 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(N[C@H](Cc1ccccc1)C(O)=O)[C@H]2CC[C@@H](CC2)C(C)C
  • InChI=1S/C19H27NO3/c1-13(2)15-8-10-16(11-9-15)18(21)20-17(19(22)23)12-14-6-4-3-5-7-14/h3-7,13,15-17H,8-12H2,1-2H3,(H,20,21)(H,22,23)/t15-,16-,17-/m1/s1 checkY
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Nateglinide (INN, trade name Starlix) is a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Nateglinide was developed by Ajinomoto, a Japanese company and sold by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.

Nateglinide belongs to the meglitinide class of blood glucose-lowering drugs.

Pharmacology

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Nateglinide lowers blood glucose by stimulating the release of insulin from the pancreas. It achieves this by closing ATP-dependent potassium channels in the membrane of the β cells. This depolarizes the β cells and causes voltage-gated calcium channels to open. The resulting calcium influx induces fusion of insulin-containing vesicles with the cell membrane, and insulin secretion occurs.

Contraindications

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Nateglinide is contraindicated in patients who:

Comparisons with other drugs for type 2 diabetes

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A study funded by Novo Nordisk, the U.S. distributor for Repaglinide, compared their product with Nateglinide in "A randomized, parallel-group, open-label, multicenter 16-week clinical trial".[1] They concluded that the two were similar, but "repaglinide monotherapy was significantly more effective than nateglinide monotherapy in reducing HbA1c and FPG values after 16 weeks of therapy."

Dosage

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Nateglinide is delivered in 60 mg & 120 mg tablet form.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rosenstock J, Hassman DR, Madder RD, Brazinsky SA, Farrell J, Khutoryansky N, Hale PM (June 2004). "Repaglinide versus nateglinide monotherapy: a randomized, multicenter study". Diabetes Care. 27 (6). American Diabetes Association: 1265–70. doi:10.2337/diacare.27.6.1265. PMID 15161773. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
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