Probable hypoglycemic adverse drug reaction associated with prickly pear cactus, glipizide, and metformin in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1334-1337

  Sobieraj, Diana M ^a,b   Freyer, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Community Health Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Diabetes mellitus; Glipizide; Hypoglycemic agents; Metformin; Nopal; Opuntia; Type 2

Indexed keywords

GLIPIZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN GLARGINE; METFORMIN; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; OPUNTIA;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLIPIZIDE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; METFORMIN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPUNTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 77954599848     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P148     Document Type: Article

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