Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Antibiotic found to alter blood sugar dramatically

Antibiotic found to alter blood sugar dramatically "Elderly patients taking the widely used antibiotic gatifloxacin were nearly 17 times as likely to be hospitalized for very high blood sugar levels and four times as likely to be hospitalized for unusually low levels, a finding that is leading some physicians to call for the drug's withdrawal from the market." [Indystar]