Direct diabetogenic effect of diltiazem?
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.
Iversen
E
E
Department of Internal Medicine C, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jeppesen
D
D
Steensgaard-Hansen
F
F
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D004110:Diltiazem