A Case Report of Rare Adverse Events Associated with Venlafaxine Administration: Hypoglycemia and Lactic Acidosis
Korean Journal of Family Medicine, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.83-85, 2022 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.4082/kjfm.20.0100
- Dergi Adı: Korean Journal of Family Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.83-85
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Acidosis, Case report, Hypoglycemia, Venlafaxine
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We report the first case of hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis caused by the therapeutic doses of venlafaxine. A 19-year-old female patient had presyncope and she was taking venlafaxine 75 mg once a day because of major depressionfor a week and she had no history of any other drug use or disease. The blood gas analysis revealed hypoglycemiaand lactic acidosis. Patient was treated with dextrose infusion and oral diet. Although hypoglycemia andlactic acidosis have been reported in overdose of venlafaxine in the literature, these effects were observed in therapeuticdoses