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3600 mg/day; off-label doses higher are common but bioavailability saturates well below this or
5 mg/d or
Titrated to glucose; no fixed ceiling
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3600 mg/day; off-label doses higher are common but bioavailability saturates well below this or
5 mg/d or
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classes:
[[:Category:5-alpha-reductase_inhibitors|5α-reductase inhibitor]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Androgen_modulators|Androgen modulator]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Anticonvulsants|Anticonvulsant]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Antihyperglycemic_agents|Antihyperglycemic agent]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Basal_insulins|Basal insulin]] (2) ·
[[:Category:BPH_treatments|Benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment]] (1) ·
[[:Category:DPP-4_inhibitors|DPP-4 inhibitor]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Gabapentinoids|Gabapentinoid]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Incretin_modulators|Incretin pathway modulator]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Insulins|Insulin]] (2) ·
[[:Category:Long-acting_insulins|Long-acting insulin analog]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Neuropathic pain medicines|Neuropathic pain medicine]] (1) ·
[[:Category:Ultra-long-acting_insulins|Ultra-long-acting insulin analog]] (1)
mechanism:
None (3) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-00000237-QINU`"' Binds the same insulin receptor as endogenous insulin with comparable mitogenic-to-metabolic ratio; provides basal hepatic glucose suppression and peripheral glucose uptake without prandial peaks'"`UNIQ--ref-00000238-QINU`"'. (1) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-00001356-QINU`"' Binds the same insulin receptor as endogenous insulin with comparable mitogenic-to-metabolic ratio'"`UNIQ--ref-00001357-QINU`"'. (1)
uses:
'"`UNIQ--vote-00000021-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000022-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000023-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000024-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000025-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000026-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000027-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000028-QINU`"' (1) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-00000239-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000023A-QINU`"' (1) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-0000052E-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-0000052F-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000530-QINU`"' (1) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-0000117B-QINU`"' (1) ·
'"`UNIQ--vote-00001358-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00001359-QINU`"' (1)
starting dose:
300 mg PO at bedtime night 1, 300 mg BID day 2, 300 mg TID day 3; titrate to clinical effect, commonly 1800-3600 mg/day divided TID (1) ·
5 mg PO daily for BPH; 1 mg PO daily for androgenetic alopecia (1) ·
5 mg PO once daily (no renal dose adjustment, unlike sitagliptin) (1) ·
~10 units SC at the same time daily, or 0.1-0.2 units/kg/d; titrate by fasting glucose (2)
preparations:
1 mg, 5 mg tablets (1) ·
100 U/mL (FlexTouch pen) and 200 U/mL (FlexTouch pen, higher-dose convenience) (1) ·
100 U/mL (Lantus, Basaglar, Semglee) vials and pens; 300 U/mL (Toujeo) pens (1) ·
5 mg tablets; combination with metformin (1) ·
Capsules 100, 300, 400 mg; tablets 600, 800 mg; oral solution 250 mg/5 mL; Gralise ER tablets 300, 600 mg (once-daily); Horizant ER tablets 300, 600 mg (gabapentin enacarbil, an inactive parent compound metabolized to gabapentin in vivo) (1)
fda max: (Click arrow to add another value)
onset:
1-2 hours (1) ·
1-2 weeks for neuropathic pain and anxiolytic effect; anticonvulsant effect at therapeutic plasma level (1) ·
BPH symptom improvement at 3-6 months; prostate volume reduction over 6-12 months; hair regrowth at 6-12 months (1) ·
Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks (1) ·
~1 hour (1)
duration:
halflife:
5-7 hours'"`UNIQ--ref-00000029-QINU`"' (1) ·
~12 hours (effective); terminal much longer'"`UNIQ--ref-0000117C-QINU`"' (1) ·
~12 hours apparent (functional duration ~24 hours due to depot release kinetics)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000023B-QINU`"' (1) ·
~25 hours apparent (functional duration well over 42 hours from multi-hexamer depot)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000135A-QINU`"' (1) ·
~5-6 hours in young men, ~8 hours in elderly'"`UNIQ--ref-00000531-QINU`"' (1)
bioavailability:
'''Saturable''' via the LAT-1 amino-acid transporter, producing nonlinear pharmacokinetics: ~60% at 300 mg single dose, falling to ~35% at 1200 mg single dose'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002A-QINU`"' (1) ·
~100% from subcutaneous depot (1) ·
~100% from subcutaneous depot (by definition of the route) (1) ·
~30% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000117D-QINU`"' (1) ·
~63% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000532-QINU`"' (1)
pregnancy:
'''Pregnant individuals should not handle crushed/broken tablets''' (skin absorption risk); can cause hypospadias in male fetus. Not used in pregnancy.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> (1) ·
Insulin is the preferred glucose-lowering therapy in pregnancy; degludec has reassuring observational data.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> (1) ·
Insulin is the preferred glucose-lowering therapy in pregnancy; glargine has reassuring observational data, though NPH and detemir remain the traditional choices.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> (1) ·
Limited data; switch to insulin where feasible.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> (1) ·
Limited human data; some signal for cardiac malformations and developmental delay but confounded by maternal disease and polytherapy.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">[[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]]</sup> (1)
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