TABLE 2.

Severe laboratory abnormalities

Abnormality	No. of patients in the following treatment groupsa:
	Intravenous (n = 17)	Oral once daily (n = 6)	Oral twice daily (n = 5)
Biochemistry
Calcium	6↓	1↓	1↓
Chloride	3↑, 1↓	1↑b
Phosphorus	2↓, 1	2↓
Potassium		1↓	1↓
Total protein	4↓		2↓
Albumin	1↓	1↓
Glucose	3↑		2↑
Total cholesterol		1↓
Triglycerides			1↑
Total bilirubin	1↑		3↑
Gamma-glutamyltransferase	3↑		1↑
AST	1↑
ALT	2↑	1↑
Urea	3↑, 1↓		1↑
Uric acid		2↓	1↓
Hematology
Hemoglobin	3↓	1↓
Erythrocyte count	3↓	1↓
Hematocrit	3↓
Leukocyte count	7↓c, 1↑, 1↑+↓	3↓
Platelet count	2↓	2↓

^aData are numbers of patients with code 4 or code 5 changes. ↑, increase; ↓, decrease. 

^bCode 5 abnormality. 

^cFive patients had code 5 abnormalities.