Effect of calcium antagonists on reactive hypoglycemia associated with hyperinsulinemia

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
T SankeK Miyamura

Abstract

The clinical usefulness of calcium antagonists was studied in four patients with reactive hypoglycemia including two with alimentary and two with idiopathic. All patients had hyperresponses of plasma insulin (IRI) and C-peptide (CPR) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). A calcium antagonist (diltiazem 90 mg/d, or nifedipine 30 mg/d, or nicardipine 60 mg/d) was administered orally for about two months. After two months of treatment, plasma IRI and CPR responses during the OGTT were clearly suppressed in all patients and symptomatic reactive hypoglycemia disappeared. One month after the discontinuation of the treatment in two patients, plasma IRI and CPR responses during the OGTT became higher again and symptomatic reactive hypoglycemia recurred. In addition, an intravenous glucose tolerance test was performed before and after two months of the treatment with calcium antagonists in the two patients with reactive hypoglycemia and seven patients with hypertension, who were free from glucose intolerance and were also treated with a calcium antagonist. In these patients, plasma IRI and CPR responses were also reduced after the treatment compared with those before the treatment. These results suggest that calcium antagonists ...Continue Reading

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