Summary Safety Review - Alpha Lipoic Acid - Assessing the Potential Risk of Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemic Episodes)

Summary Safety Review - Alpha Lipoic Acid - Assessing the Potential Risk of Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemic Episodes) This safety review was carried out by Health Canada after the publication of case reports of IAS (insulin autoimmune syndrome) causing hypoglycemic episodes linked with the use of oral alpha lipoic acid products in individuals with a genetic variation which causes the body's own defence system to attack insulin (insulin autoimmune syndrome). 2024-05-08 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetySummary Safety ReviewAlpha Lipoic Acidassessingpotential riskLow Blood SugarHypoglycemic Episodesinsulin autoimmune syndromeoral alpha lipoic-acidbody's own defence-systeminsulin Summary Safety Review - Alpha Lipoic Acid - Assessing the Potential Risk of Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemic Episodes)HTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/medeffect-canada/safety-reviews/summary-safety-review-alpha-lipoic-acid-assessing-potential-risk-low-blood-sugar-hypoglycemic.html Summary Safety Review - Alpha Lipoic Acid - Assessing the Potential Risk of Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemic Episodes)HTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/medicaments-produits-sante/medeffet-canada/examens-innocuite/resume-examen-innocuite-acide-alpha-lipoique-evaluation-risque-baisse-taux-sucre-sang.html

This safety review was carried out by Health Canada after the publication of case reports of IAS (insulin autoimmune syndrome) causing hypoglycemic episodes linked with the use of oral alpha lipoic acid products in individuals with a genetic variation which causes the body's own defence system to attack insulin (insulin autoimmune syndrome).

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