Arkray USA, which makes products for diabetes management, has announced the recall of SPOTCHEM II Basic PANEL-1 Reagent Test Strip and SPOTCHEM II Glucose Reagent Test Strip used to test blood sugar (glucose) levels in patients with diabetes because these test strips may give falsely low blood glucose levels. The Food and Drug … [Read more...]
Arkray Recalls Glucose Test Strips Because of Inaccurate Readings
Study reveals risk to Tequin patients
Tequin Antibiotic Has Been Linked To A Life Threatening Changes In Blood Sugar. Six years and 20 million patients later, a popular antibiotic has been found to cause life-threatening changes in blood glucose, according to a study. Scientists at the Sunnybrook and Women's Science Center in Toronto have studied more than 1,260 … [Read more...]
Study finds broader risks with antibiotic
Antibiotic Can Cause Fatal Swing In Blood Sugar. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Tequin antibiotic can cause potentially fatal swings in blood sugar for a broad group of patients, according to a study that researchers say may lead some doctors to abandon the drug. The report shows that the risks go beyond those outlined by the Food and … [Read more...]
TYPE 2 DIABETICS ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE KEEPING THEIR BLOOD SUGAR UNDER CONTROL
The Nation's Sixth Largest Killer, Type 2 Diabetics. The complications of Type 2 diabetes are frightening and even deadly. The nation's sixth largest killer also takes a heavy toll in terms of kidney failure, blindness, and amputations of feet and legs. Despite this fact, experts estimate that two-thirds (12,000,000) of the … [Read more...]
