Cause Of Hypoglycemia
Health Encyclopedia: Drug Induced Hypoglycemia
Drug-induced hypoglycemia is low blood sugar that results from medication.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Even when diabetes is managed very carefully, the medications used to treat diabetes can result in drug-induced hypoglycemia. Missing meals, drinking alcohol, too much activity, and intentional or unintentional overdose of medications used to treat diabetes can all cause blood glucose levels to drop.
The condition may also occur when someone without diabet...
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