Aspirin misuse: a case report

Aspirin-use disorder is an underreported condition. Identification of the signs and symptoms of aspirin misuse are important in light of prevalent non-prescribed medicine/over-the-counter medication (NPM/OTC) misuse. We discuss here the case of a patient with a history of chronic aspirin misuse who...

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Autores principales: Goldrich, David, Sreedhar, Anita, Aziz, Rehan, Kaufman, Kenneth R., Tobia, Anthony, Trenton, Adam
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31685067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.55
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author Goldrich, David
Sreedhar, Anita
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Tobia, Anthony
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description Aspirin-use disorder is an underreported condition. Identification of the signs and symptoms of aspirin misuse are important in light of prevalent non-prescribed medicine/over-the-counter medication (NPM/OTC) misuse. We discuss here the case of a patient with a history of chronic aspirin misuse who presented to the emergency department with salicylate intoxication and described elation secondary to deliberate aspirin consumption. This case highlights the importance of screening for NPM/OTC medication misuse in at-risk populations. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.
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spelling pubmed-66884622019-08-23 Aspirin misuse: a case report Goldrich, David Sreedhar, Anita Aziz, Rehan Kaufman, Kenneth R. Tobia, Anthony Trenton, Adam BJPsych Open Papers Aspirin-use disorder is an underreported condition. Identification of the signs and symptoms of aspirin misuse are important in light of prevalent non-prescribed medicine/over-the-counter medication (NPM/OTC) misuse. We discuss here the case of a patient with a history of chronic aspirin misuse who presented to the emergency department with salicylate intoxication and described elation secondary to deliberate aspirin consumption. This case highlights the importance of screening for NPM/OTC medication misuse in at-risk populations. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. Cambridge University Press 2019-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6688462/ /pubmed/31685067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.55 Text en © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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