Hypercalcemia secondary to excessive self-medication with antacids causing acute pancreatitis: a case report
| Autor: | Pietro Vassallo, Edward Courtney, Nikki Green |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Drug medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Case Report Context (language use) Self Medication 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine media_common business.industry Clinical course General Medicine medicine.disease Substance abuse Pancreatitis Acute Disease Chronic Disease Hypercalcemia Acute pancreatitis Female Antacids business Complication Self-medication |
| Zdroj: | Croatian Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1332-8166 0353-9504 |
| DOI: | 10.3325/cmj.2019.60.42 |
| Popis: | Excessive self-medication with over-the-counter drugs is an issue commonly encountered by health care professionals. It can result in uncommon presentations of life-threatening illnesses. These medications are frequently overlooked by clinicians when taking histories from patients, and their risks are often downplayed. We present the case of a 35-year-old woman with acute pancreatitis secondary to hypercalcemia. This condition occurred due to long-term excessive self-administration of calcium-rich antacid tablets. Her clinical course involved multifactorial rebound hypocalcemia after treatment and multiple complications from the abuse of other non-prescription medications. Acute pancreatitis secondary to antacid-induced milk-alkali syndrome has been minimally reported in the literature. There are no reports describing rebound hypocalcemia as a complication of its treatment or presenting this pathology in the context of multiple over-the-counter drug abuse. This case highlights the importance of taking thorough drug histories, including non-prescription medications, in acute clinical assessments. |
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