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Between January 1 and May 26, 2008, a total of 150 nondiabetic patients with
severe hypoglycemia were admitted to the five public hospitals in Singapore.
All the patients except one were men, and they ranged in age from 19 to 97
years (median, 51). Seven patients remained comatose as a result of
prolonged neuroglycopenia, and four subsequently died.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/7/734

 

The cause was determined to be contamination of illegal, counterfeit
versions of drugs and herbal remedies for erectile dysfunction with a
diabetes drug, glyburide.

 

Harriet Hall, MD

The SkepDoc

http://www.skepdoc.info/

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/
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