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© 1980 British Society for Rheumatology

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IBUPROFEN INDUCED HYPONATRAEMIA

M. BLUM and A. AVIRAM

Department of Nephrology Rokach {Hadassah) Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center Israel

Correspondence to: Requests for reprints to Dr. M. Blum, P.O.B. 51, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

A 55-year-old woman in an advanced stage of chronic renal failure due to pyelonephritis developed severe hyponatraemia after receiving 400 mg/day of ibuprofen for 3 days. The typical symptoms and the hyponatraemia disappeared when the drug was withdrawn. The likely mechanism involved and the clinical implications are discussed.


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