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hyponatraemia

see also Sodium physiology, dehydration, cardiac failure, diabetes insipidus

drug-induced hyponatraemia

  • ADRAC reported events in Australia 2005-20081):
    • 307 reports of which 227 implicate a single drug, mainly diuretics (126)and antidepressants (78 - 33 were a SSRI or SNRI)
    • 80 involved multiple agents, often diuretic combined with ACEI, angiotensin II blocker, or SSRI or SNRI, or carbamazepine.
1) hyponatremia