TABLE 3

Blood glucose levels after a single oral dose of 0.25 mg repaglinide in nine healthy volunteers after pretreatment with 600 mg of gemfibrozil twice daily, when repaglinide was administered 1, 24, 48, or 96 h after the last gemfibrozil dose

Values are mean ± S.D.

VariableControlTime from the Last Gemfibrozil Dose
1 h24 h48 h96 h
Baseline concentration (mmol/l)5.3 ± 0.55.3 ± 0.55.3 ± 0.55.3 ± 0.45.3 ± 0.4
Minimum concentration (mmol/l)3.2 ± 0.62.6 ± 0.4*2.9 ± 0.53.3 ± 0.5,3.4 ± 0.5††,
Mean concentration from 0 to 3 h (mmol/l)4.5 ± 0.44.1 ± 0.2*4.3 ± 0.34.8 ± 0.6††,4.5 ± 0.3
Mean concentration from 0 to 9 h (mmol/l)4.6 ± 0.34.1 ± 0.2*4.5 ± 0.34.8 ± 0.4††4.7 ± 0.3†††
  • * P < 0.05 vs. control.

  • P < 0.05 vs. 1 h; †† P < 0.005 vs. 1 h; ††† P < 0.001 vs. 1 h.

  • P < 0.05 vs. 24 h.