1. Duloxetine-induced hyponatremia in an elderly patient treated with thiazide diuretics
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Miyu Mori, Tetsuro Koide, Yoshinori Imanishi, Yuriyo Matsui, and Toru Matsuda
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Trichlormethiazide ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Nausea ,Drug interaction ,Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors ,Thiophenes ,Duloxetine Hydrochloride ,Drug Watch ,Urine sodium ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Humans ,Medicine ,Duloxetine ,Drug Interactions ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Adverse effect ,Thiazide ,syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone syndrome ,Aged, 80 and over ,Pharmacology ,business.industry ,duloxetine ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,medicine.disease ,Antidepressive Agents ,Surgery ,chemistry ,Anesthesia ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Hyponatremia ,medicine.drug ,Antidiuretic - Abstract
Hyponatremia is a known adverse effect of duloxetine, and it can lead to potentially life-threatening complications. Administration of thiazide diuretics also has been the cause of hyponatremia. We report a case of duloxetine-induced hyponatremia in an elderly patient treated with thiazide diuretics. An 86-year-old woman treated with the trichlormethiazide was admitted for vertebral compression fracture with disorientation and nausea on the 6(th) day of treatment with duloxetine. Laboratory findings revealed hyponatremia, hypo-osmolality, concentrated urine, and increased urine sodium. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone was considered, therefore, duloxetine, and trichlormethiazide was discontinued and treated with fluid restriction, furosemide and sodium chloride administered orally. Disorientation and nausea were improved after correction of hyponatremia. Health care practitioners should be aware of the possibility of duloxetine-induced hyponatremia, particularly in patients treated with thiazide diuretics.
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- 2014
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