Inadvertent Chlorpropamide Hypoglycemia — No Longer Once in a Blue Moon?

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To the Editor: Until November 1984, Diabinese (Pfizer Laboratories) was the only brand of chlorpropamide marketed in the United States. The highly characteristic pill was easily recognized by patients, pharmacists, and physicians by virtue of its unique half-moon shape and bright blue color. These dramatic properties may also have served to prevent its inadvertent use in nondiabetic patients. We wish to report two cases in which a generic form of chlorpropamide (a plain white tablet) was administered by mistake to elderly nondiabetic patients, who presented with severe, unexplained hypoglycemia.The first patient was an 82-year-old Jamaican woman with a history . . .

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