Emerging treatments

Verapamil

May inhibit insulin secretion at high doses, but evidence to support use in hypoglycaemia is limited.

Phenytoin

May inhibit insulin secretion at high doses, but evidence to support use in hypoglycaemia is limited.

Corticosteroids

In non-operable insulin-like growth factor-II-secreting tumours, there are case reports of successful control of hypoglycaemic symptoms by using an oral glucocorticoid.[55]

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