A suspected case of olanzapine induced hyponatremia

Here we report a case of a 63-year-old male diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder and current episode of severe depression with psychotic symptoms, developed hyponatremia soon after addition of olanzapine and increasing the dose of escitalopram. A possible causality association was establishe...

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Autores principales: Bakhla, Ajay Kumar, Guria, Rishi Tuhin, Kumar, Abhishek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.135961
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Sumario:Here we report a case of a 63-year-old male diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder and current episode of severe depression with psychotic symptoms, developed hyponatremia soon after addition of olanzapine and increasing the dose of escitalopram. A possible causality association was established with olanzapine, and the possible etiological reasons of this clinically significant risk were discussed.

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