Profound hypoglycemia with the addition of a tricyclic antidepressant to maintenance sulfonylurea therapy.

Profound hypoglycemia with the addition of a tricyclic antidepressant to maintenance sulfonylurea therapy.

The American journal of psychiatry (1987-09-01)

B L True, P J Perry, E A Burns

摘要

Cases of profound hypoglycemia after the initiation of tricyclic antidepressant therapy in two patients taking sulfonylureas are described. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a potential drug interaction between tricyclic antidepressants and sulfonylureas.