title: Direct diabetogenic effect of diltiazem?
abstract: In the reported case history, a normotensive and non-diabetic patient with ischaemic heart disease was treated twice with diltiazem. On both occasions diabetes mellitus developed within a few days; at first this was fully reversible, but on the last occasion it was irreversible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine C, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jeppesen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Steensgaard-Hansen
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004110:Diltiazem