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[Lithium poisoning and the use of nimesulide]
M Bocchia1, G Bertola, D Morganti
1Divisione di Medicina II, Ospedale G. Salvini, Garbagnate Milanese. mbocchia@tiscalinet.it
Recenti Progressi in Medicina
|July 31, 2001
Abstract:
We describe a case of lithium intoxication, complicated by renal failure in a lithium treated women. She would take nimesulide, a selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor, used in a variety of inflammatory, pain and fever states. This is the first report of the accumulation of lithium caused by nimesulide.