Divalproex sodium in severe anaemia: A case report

BACKGROUND: Prescribing psychotropic drugs in clients with severe anaemia has rarely been reported before. CASE PRESENTATION: A 36 year old man with severe anaemia was prescribed divalproex sodium 250 mg daily for mood swings. He had unbearable side effects and had to discontinue the medication in n...

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Autor principal: Gupta, Maneesh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1950870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17623062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-0179-3-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Prescribing psychotropic drugs in clients with severe anaemia has rarely been reported before. CASE PRESENTATION: A 36 year old man with severe anaemia was prescribed divalproex sodium 250 mg daily for mood swings. He had unbearable side effects and had to discontinue the medication in nine days. CONCLUSION: Divalproex sodium may result in severe side effects in clients with severe anaemia.

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