TY - JOUR T1 - Medical uses of fructose (laevulose) JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 73 LP - 75 DO - 10.1136/dtb.5.19.73 VL - 5 IS - 19 A2 - , Y1 - 1967/09/15 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/5/19/73.abstract N2 - Differences in the metabolism of fructose and glucose have led to claims that fructose has advantages in therapy. The manufacturers advocate the use of oral fructose (Laevoral Elixir - Calmic) in a variety of conditions, including diabetes, chronic alcoholism and vomiting of pregnancy. Intravenous preparations are also available (Laevosan - Calmic). ER -