Severe hypoglycaemia associated with ingesting counterfeit medication
| Autor: | Emershia N Suthaharan, Yong M Tan, Kunwarjit S. Sangla, Santosh K Chaubey |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Drug medicine.medical_specialty Vasodilator Agents media_common.quotation_subject Self Medication Hypoglycemia Piperazines Sildenafil Citrate Erectile Dysfunction Glyburide medicine Humans Hypoglycemic Agents Sulfones Medical prescription Intensive care medicine media_common business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Counterfeit Purines Drug Contamination business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 192:716-717 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| Popis: | Cross-border importation of traditional and prescription medications is common, and many of these drugs are not approved by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration. Furthermore, counterfeit versions of prescription medications are also available (eg, weight-loss medications, anabolic steroids, and medications to enhance sexual performance). We describe a 54-year-old man with the first Australian case of severe hypoglycaemia induced by imported, laboratory-confirmed counterfeit Cialis. This serves to remind medical practitioners that counterfeit medication may be the cause of severe hypoglycaemia (or other unexplained illness). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Plný text