Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady

Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady

We present a case of a young lady with extreme involuntary weight loss and alarming constitutional symptoms found ultimately to be all due to a single medication’s side effects. The objective of this case report is to alert physicians, especially in a primary care setting, that the side effects of a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in medicine 2019, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-2
Hauptverfasser: Noujaim, Michael G., Clough, Jeffrey D., Mourad, Ahmad
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Sprache:eng
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Body mass index
Case Report
Case reports
Drug dosages
Mental depression
Patients
Primary care
Side effects
Sleep disorders
Sodium
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Zusammenfassung:We present a case of a young lady with extreme involuntary weight loss and alarming constitutional symptoms found ultimately to be all due to a single medication’s side effects. The objective of this case report is to alert physicians, especially in a primary care setting, that the side effects of a medication used mostly in a highly specialized field of neurology, sodium oxybate (SXB), can cause extreme involuntary weight loss in addition to chronic night sweats and symptoms of clinical depression.
ISSN:1687-9627
1687-9635
DOI:10.1155/2019/6537815