Evelina Maines, Silvana Anna Maria Urru, Letizia Leonardi, Elisabetta Fancellu, Annalisa Campomori, Giovanni Piccoli, Arianna Maiorana, Massimo Soffiati, Roberto Franceschi
The initial step for the differential diagnosis of hypoglycemia is to determine whether it is hyperinsulinemic or non hyperinsulinemic. Existing literature discusses drug-related hypoglycemia, but it misses a focus on drug-induced hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (DHH). Here we reviewed the association existing between drugs and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. We primarily selected on the main electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and SCOPUS) the reviews on drug-induced hypoglycemia. Among the drugs listed in the reviews, we selected the ones linked to an increase in insulin secretion...
August 8, 2023: Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders