Case Reports

Ziconotide Infusion for Severe Chronic Pain A review of 3 patients who achieved considerable pain relief after ziconotide intrathecal infusion sheds some light on those patients who respond to this new therapy.
Journal Article, March 01, 2006
Enhanced Antithrombotic Effect of Warfarin A 58-year old man was receiving long-term anticoagulation with warfarin for the prevention of ischemic stroke.
Journal Article, February 01, 2005
Junctional Bradycardia With Intravenous Sodium Bicarbonate Evidence is accumulating that SSRIs possess proarrhythmic properties, which must be reconciled in the setting of an overdose.
Journal Article, January 01, 2005
Fatal Hypoglycemia Associated With Levofloxacin Clinicians should be cognizant of this potential adverse effect in patients with diabetes.
Journal Article, December 01, 2004
Carisoprodol Withdrawal Syndrome A 43-year-old man with chronic back and shoulder pain was treated with hydrocodone. He began taking excessive amounts of the drug.
Journal Article, December 01, 2004
Benefit of Ribose in a Patient With Fibromyalgia A 37-year old woman had daily episodes of intense muscoloskeletal pain and stiffness, mental cloudiness, bouts of diarrhea, and sleep disturbance.
Journal Article, November 01, 2004
Anticoagulant-Related Hematuria and Malignancy Detection A 63-year-old Caucasian man had a painless episode of dark-colored urine while taking warfarin 62.5 mg/week for lone atrial fibrillation.
Journal Article, November 01, 2004
Intentional Overdose With Insulin Glargine and Insulin Aspart Glucose replacement therapy and electrolyte monitoring are essential for the treatment of an insulin overdose
Journal Article, October 01, 2004
Caspofungin: Potential Cause of Thrombocytopenia A 68-year-old man developed severe thrombocytopenia after treatment for Candida albicans endocarditis
Journal Article, October 01, 2004
RSV Pneumonia in a Lung Transplant Recipient This case report demonstrates the successful treatment of RSV pneumonia with the combination of aerosolized ribavirin and RSV hyperimmune globulin in a severely ill lung transplant recipient who requi
Journal Article, July 01, 2004
EPS With Nizatidine Added to Quetiapine and Paroxetine A 16-YO girl with a 1-yr hx of symptoms was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid subtype and was followed as an outpatient. At the initial evaluation, no medical or neurologic problems were noted.
Journal Article, July 01, 2004
Agratroban Dosing in Intensive Care Patients Unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparins are widely used in the intensive care setting for prevention and treatment of venous and arterial thromboembolism.
Journal Article, March 01, 2004
Prolonged Cardiac Repolarization in the Critically Ill Patient Drug-induced prolongation of the QTc interval generally is accepted as a surrogate marker for cardiac action potential prolongation and represents an increased risk for development of torsade de pointes, a rare but life-threatening ventricular tachycardia.
Journal Article, March 01, 2004
Tenofovir-Related Nephrotoxicity Tenofovir is a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Journal Article, March 01, 2004
Oral Anticoagulant Drug Interactions With Statins Patients receiving warfarin therapy for anticoagulation often require pharmacotherapy for coexisting conditions such as hyperlipidemia.
Journal Article, February 01, 2004
Ethylene Glycol Intoxication: Case Report and Pharmacokinetic Ethylene glycol is an odorless volatile alcohol found in automotive products such as antifreeze.
Journal Article, December 01, 2003
Late-Onset Drug Fever Associated With Minocycline Minocycline is a semisynthetic, highly lipophilic tetracycline derivative that frequently is administered to treat acne vulgaris.
Journal Article, December 01, 2003
Amifostine-Induced Fever: Case Report and Review A rare fever and/or rash syndrome is associated with administration of amifostine, a chemoprotectant and radioprotectant.
Journal Article, January 01, 2004
Liver Function Test Abnormalities and Pruritus in a Patient Trea The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (also known as statins) are associated with elevated transaminase levels in a small portion (1-3%) of patients.
Journal Article, January 01, 2004
Acute Myocardial Infarction Induced by Ephedrine Alkaloids We are well into an era in which patients take nutritional and dietary supplements without supervision by a health care provider.
Journal Article, December 01, 2003

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