Lithium intoxication as a result of an interaction with rofecoxib

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1189-1193

  Rätz Bravo, Alexandra E ^a   Egger, Sabin S ^a   Crespo, Sophie ^a   Probst, Willi L ^b   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Felix Platter Spital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug interactions; Lithium; Renal failure; Rofecoxib

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ISOPRENALINE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; PIPAMPERONE; PROPRANOLOL; ROFECOXIB;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR;

AGED; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LACTONES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SULFONES;

EID: 3042647661     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E034     Document Type: Article

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