A study was carried out to evaluate the acute effect of an intravenous injection of metformin on the fasting plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone in 15 non-diabetic subjects. Metformin (1 g) was administered as a bolus in a peripheral vein and blood was sampled 2, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes after the drug injection. No significant change in fasting concentration of glucose nor in C-peptide, insulin, glucagon and growth hormone fasting levels was noticed. It is concluded that metformin does not possess an acute direct hypoglycaemic effect in non-diabetic subjects and does not acutely affect the basal activity of endocrine pancreas and pituitary gland in releasing insulin, glucagon and growth hormone.

Lack of effect of intravenous metformin on plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone in non-diabetic subjects / Bonora, E; Cigolini, M; Bosello, O; Zancanaro, C; Capretti, L; Zavaroni, Ivana; Coscelli, Carlo; Butturini, U.. - In: CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION. - ISSN 0300-7995. - 9(1):(1984), pp. 47-51.

Lack of effect of intravenous metformin on plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone in non-diabetic subjects.

ZAVARONI, Ivana;COSCELLI, CARLO;
1984-01-01

Abstract

A study was carried out to evaluate the acute effect of an intravenous injection of metformin on the fasting plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone in 15 non-diabetic subjects. Metformin (1 g) was administered as a bolus in a peripheral vein and blood was sampled 2, 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes after the drug injection. No significant change in fasting concentration of glucose nor in C-peptide, insulin, glucagon and growth hormone fasting levels was noticed. It is concluded that metformin does not possess an acute direct hypoglycaemic effect in non-diabetic subjects and does not acutely affect the basal activity of endocrine pancreas and pituitary gland in releasing insulin, glucagon and growth hormone.
1984
Lack of effect of intravenous metformin on plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon and growth hormone in non-diabetic subjects / Bonora, E; Cigolini, M; Bosello, O; Zancanaro, C; Capretti, L; Zavaroni, Ivana; Coscelli, Carlo; Butturini, U.. - In: CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION. - ISSN 0300-7995. - 9(1):(1984), pp. 47-51.
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