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Elshimy G, Techathaveewat P, Alsayed M, et al. Simple Reason for Hypoglycemia: ACE Inhibitor-induced Severe Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Patient. Cureus. 2019;11(8):e5449doi: 10.7759/cureus.5449.
Elshimy, G., Techathaveewat, P., Alsayed, M., Jyothinagaram, S., & Correa, R. (2019). Simple Reason for Hypoglycemia: ACE Inhibitor-induced Severe Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Patient. Cureus, 11(8), e5449. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5449
Elshimy, Ghada, et al. "Simple Reason for Hypoglycemia: ACE Inhibitor-induced Severe Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Patient." Cureus vol. 11,8 (2019): e5449. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5449
Elshimy G, Techathaveewat P, Alsayed M, Jyothinagaram S, Correa R. Simple Reason for Hypoglycemia: ACE Inhibitor-induced Severe Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Patient. Cureus. 2019 Aug 21;11(8):e5449. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5449. PMID: 31489273; PMCID: PMC6713252.
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Cureus. 2019 Aug 21;11(8):e5449. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5449.

Simple Reason for Hypoglycemia: ACE Inhibitor-induced Severe Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Patient.

Cureus

Ghada Elshimy, Pawarid Techathaveewat, Mahmoud Alsayed, Sathya Jyothinagaram, Ricardo Correa

Affiliations

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, USA.

PMID: 31489273 PMCID: PMC6713252 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.5449

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are among the most common medications used to treat patients with concomitant diabetes and hypertension. They are considered the first line of treatment for hypertension in this population. Several case studies have reported that ACE inhibitors can induce hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes. To our knowledge, however, ACE inhibitors have not been found to induce hypoglycemia in patients without diabetes. This report describes a patient without diabetes experiencing recurrent severe hypoglycemia induced by the ACE inhibitor lisinopril.

Keywords: ace inhibitors; hypertension; hypoglycemia; lisinopril

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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