Health Canada Advises Diabetics Not To Use The Antibiotic Tequin

[kerouac]

I just got my diabetic news and thought this was worth sharing.

3-Mar-2006

Alert: Health Canada Advises Diabetic Patients Not To Use The Antibiotic Tequin

OTTAWA - Health Canada is advising diabetic patients, as a precaution, not to use the antibiotic Tequin due to concerns about blood glucose disorders. This advice is based on recommendations submitted to the department by the manufacturer of the drug, Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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The manufacturer has also recommended that doctors who prescribe Tequin to non-diabetic patients take enhanced precautions and do close medical monitoring especially if those patients have certain risk factors, such as being 75 years of age or older, having kidney problems, or taking diabetes medications.

http://thediabeticnews.com/news/895.shtml

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Also interesting:

3-Mar-2006

Study: Marijuana Compound May Help Stop Diabetic Retinopathy

A compound found in marijuana won't make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you're a diabetic, researchers say.

Early studies indicate cannabidiol works as a consummate multi-tasker to protect the eye from growing a plethora of leaky blood vessels, the hallmark of diabetic retinopathy, says Dr. Gregory I. Liou, molecular biologist at the Medical College of Georgia.

http://thediabeticnews.com/news/883.shtml

[Trillo]

1. Well, good thing marijuana's illegal.

A compound found in marijuana won't make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you're a diabetic, researchers say.

If it (marijuana) wasn't (illegal), there'd be no money in selling this fantastic new eye-care product to diabetic consumers.