title: [Insulin resistance: therapeutic approaches].
abstract: NIDDM is characterized by a decrease in insulin sensitivity of the liver, the muscles and adipocytes. Diet, exercise and control of excess body weight are the first step of the treatment; they are even able to prevent NIDDM. In this paper the drugs that may improve insulin sensitivity are described with their different specific action on liver, muscles, or adipocytes. Drugs from the thiazolidinedione class act by enhancing the sensitivity to insulin of adipose tissue; they are high-affinity ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPAR gamma 2 being the predominant form expressed in adipocytes) Hepatotoxicity and weight gain are sides effects of thiazolidinedione. Acipimox (a nicotinic acid analogue) is a NEFA lowering drug that suppress lipolysis, but after a few days of utilisation there is a compensatory free fatty acid rise. Recent data on Metformin action on hepatic insulin sensitivity are discussed and combination with Troglitazone is presented. Vanadyl sulfate may also improve insulin sensitivity but there is no long term human studies.
authors.affiliation: Service de Nutrition Diabétologie et Maladies Métaboliques Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, USN, Pessac.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rigalleau
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008687:Metformin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D013844:Thiazoles; D008687:Metformin