Outbreak of hypoglycaemia: Sexual enhancement products containing oral hypoglycaemic agent

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Poon, W T ^a   Lam, Y H ^a   Lee, Hencher H C ^a   Ching, C K ^a   Chan, W T ^a   Chan, S S ^a   Lai, C K ^a   Tse, M L ^b   Chan, Albert Y W ^a   Mak, Tony W L ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drug contamination; Erectile dysfunction; Hypoglycemia; Non prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; SILDENAFIL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREAT; TOXICITY TESTING; VEGETATIVE STAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GLYBURIDE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 67650469679     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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