Dangerous side effect of common drug combination discovered by Stanford data mining
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
A widely used combination of two common medications may cause unexpected increases in blood glucose levels, according to a study conducted at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University and Harvard Medical School. Researchers were surprised at the finding because neither of the two drugs one, an antidepressant marketed as Paxil, and the other, a cholesterol-lowering medication called Pravachol has a similar effect alone.