Drugs and chemicals causing diabetes
A number of drugs and chemicals are either diabetogenic or produce diabetes via a direct toxic effect on beta cells. For example:
- steroids which most often produce diabetes when used in patients with organ transplants
- thiazide diuretics
- phenytoin
- diazoxide which inhibits insulin secretion
- streptozotocin
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