ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA: FALL FROM PAN INTO THE FIRE?
Arash Eatemadi*, Ali Al Reesi, Salim Al Ghaithi, Mohammed Abbas Bokhari, Reza Eatemadi
ABSTRACT
Antibiotics are widely prescribed in medical practice by various clinicians from different fields. The most prescribers do not know or pay attention to known side effects of antibiotics. This is issue is important when there is concurrent prescription of antibiotics with other drugs which they can potentiate their effects. Hypoglycemia is a well-known side effect of some antibiotics which can happen independently or in co-administration with other drugs, mostly oral hypoglycemic agents. Quinolones and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole commonly prescribed and are the most discussed antibiotics regarding hypoglycemic effect.
Keywords: Antibiotics, Side effect, Hypoglycemia, Oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs).
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