Product Information
Registration Status: ActiveMINIDIAB TABLET 5mg is approved to be sold in Singapore with effective from 1990-03-28. It is marketed by PFIZER PTE LTD, with the registration number of SIN04059P.
This product contains Glipizide 5mg in the form of TABLET. It is approved for ORAL use.
This product is manufactured by Pfizer Italia S.r.l. in ITALY.
It is a Prescription Only Medicine that can only be obtained from a doctor or a dentist, or a pharmacist with a prescription from a Singapore-registered doctor or dentist.
Description
An oral hypoglycemic agent which is rapidly absorbed and completely metabolized.
Indication
For use as an adjunct to diet for the control of hyperglycemia and its associated symptomatology in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM; type II), formerly known as maturity-onset diabetes, after an adequate trial of dietary therapy has proved unsatisfactory.
Mechanism of Action
Sulfonylureas likely bind to ATP-sensitive potassium-channel receptors on the pancreatic cell surface, reducing potassium conductance and causing depolarization of the membrane. Depolarization stimulates calcium ion influx through voltage-sensitive calcium channels, raising intracellular concentrations of calcium ions, which induces the secretion, or exocytosis, of insulin.
Pharmacokinetics
- Absorption
- Gastrointestinal absorption is uniform, rapid, and essentially complete.
- Distribution
- * 11 L
- Metabolism
- Hepatic. The major metabolites of glipizide are products of aromatic hydroxylation and have no hypoglycemic activity. A minor metabolite which accounts for less than 2% of a dose, an acetylaminoethyl benzine derivatives, is reported to have 1/10 to 1/3 as much hypoglycemic activity as the parent compound.
- Elimination
Toxicity
The acute oral toxicity was extremely low in all species tested (LD50 greater than 4 g/kg). Overdosage of sulfonylureas including glipizide can produce hypoglycemia.
Active Ingredient/Synonyms
1-cyclohexyl-3-({p-[2-(5-methylpyrazinecarboxamido)ethyl]phenyl}sulfonyl)urea | Glipizida | Glipizide | Glipizidum | N-{4-[β-(5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxamido)ethyl]benzenesulphonyl}-N'-cyclohexylurea | Glipizide |
Source of information: Drugbank (External Link). Last updated on: 3rd July 18. *Trade Name used in the content below may not be the same as the HSA-registered product.