Gabapentin-induced Facial Myoclonus in the Setting of Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease

An 82-year-old male with chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of left sided facial myoclonus. Myoclonus is a rare, but known side effect of gabapentin; however, there does not appear to be documented cases of gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus described in...

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Autores principales: Hampton, Zach, Shahrestani, Nasir, Little, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6663113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363439
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4758
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description An 82-year-old male with chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of left sided facial myoclonus. Myoclonus is a rare, but known side effect of gabapentin; however, there does not appear to be documented cases of gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus described in the emergency medicine literature. This case discusses the emergency department evaluation and inpatient treatment of gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus in the setting of acute on chronic kidney disease. Though rare, side effects of gabapentin should remain on a broad differential diagnosis in patients taking the medication who present with myoclonus, especially in the setting of chronic kidney disease.
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spelling pubmed-66631132019-07-30 Gabapentin-induced Facial Myoclonus in the Setting of Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease Hampton, Zach Shahrestani, Nasir Little, Andrew Cureus Emergency Medicine An 82-year-old male with chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of left sided facial myoclonus. Myoclonus is a rare, but known side effect of gabapentin; however, there does not appear to be documented cases of gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus described in the emergency medicine literature. This case discusses the emergency department evaluation and inpatient treatment of gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus in the setting of acute on chronic kidney disease. Though rare, side effects of gabapentin should remain on a broad differential diagnosis in patients taking the medication who present with myoclonus, especially in the setting of chronic kidney disease. Cureus 2019-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6663113/ /pubmed/31363439 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4758 Text en Copyright © 2019, Hampton et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gabapentin-induced Facial Myoclonus in the Setting of Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease
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title_short Gabapentin-induced Facial Myoclonus in the Setting of Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease
title_sort gabapentin-induced facial myoclonus in the setting of acute on chronic kidney disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6663113/
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