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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 46
| Issue : 4 | Page : 441-442 |
A suspected case of olanzapine induced hyponatremia
Ajay Kumar Bakhla1, Rishi Tuhin Guria2, Abhishek Kumar1
1 Department of Psychiatry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
2 Department of Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Ajay Kumar Bakhla
Department of Psychiatry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.135961
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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