Acute Mycophenolate Mofetil Overdose Managed Conservatively

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-transplant patients and the treatment of various inflammatory conditions. It is considered a relatively safe drug with minimal adverse effects. We managed an acute overdose of 19 grams (g) of MMF with a suicidal intention i...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Prabhat, Guragain, Ashish, Adhikari, Sunil, Dahal, Subash, Dhungana, Bibek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589327
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17417
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author Sharma, Prabhat
Guragain, Ashish
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Dhungana, Bibek
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description Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-transplant patients and the treatment of various inflammatory conditions. It is considered a relatively safe drug with minimal adverse effects. We managed an acute overdose of 19 grams (g) of MMF with a suicidal intention in a 17-year-old female with no significant past medical history. Apart from episodes of mild headaches, she did not develop other symptoms, laboratory abnormalities, or complications.
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spelling pubmed-84599152021-09-28 Acute Mycophenolate Mofetil Overdose Managed Conservatively Sharma, Prabhat Guragain, Ashish Adhikari, Sunil Dahal, Subash Dhungana, Bibek Cureus Emergency Medicine Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-transplant patients and the treatment of various inflammatory conditions. It is considered a relatively safe drug with minimal adverse effects. We managed an acute overdose of 19 grams (g) of MMF with a suicidal intention in a 17-year-old female with no significant past medical history. Apart from episodes of mild headaches, she did not develop other symptoms, laboratory abnormalities, or complications. Cureus 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8459915/ /pubmed/34589327 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17417 Text en Copyright © 2021, Sharma et al. https://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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title_short Acute Mycophenolate Mofetil Overdose Managed Conservatively
title_sort acute mycophenolate mofetil overdose managed conservatively
topic Emergency Medicine
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