Decompensation of chronic heart failure associated with pregabalin in a 73-year-old patient with postherpetic neuralgia: A case report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-328

  De Smedt, Ruth H E ^a,b   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Van Den Broek, Stan A J ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUMETANIDE; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; METHADONE; PERINDOPRIL; PREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; ORTHOPNEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BUMETANIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART FAILURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 47249135422     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03196.x     Document Type: Letter

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