title: [Hypoglycemia in 2 patients treated with perhexiline maleate].
abstract: Hypoglycaemia occurred in two patients treated with perhexiline maleate. The responsibility of the medication is discussed in each case. Blood insulin levels were increased. Blood perhexiline levels decreased very rapidly in the first patient, though much more slowly in the second.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010480:Perhexiline / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010880:Piperidines / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D010880:Piperidines; D005934:Glucagon; D010480:Perhexiline
vernacular_title: Hypoglycémie chez deux patients traités par le maléate de perhexiline