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Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady
Michael G Noujaim1, Ahmad Mourad1, Jeffrey D Clough1
1Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, 27703 Durham, NC, USA.
Abstract:
We present a case of a young lady with extreme involuntary weight loss and alarming constitutional symptoms found ultimately to be all due to a single medication's side effects. The objective of this case report is to alert physicians, especially in a primary care setting, that the side effects of a medication used mostly in a highly specialized field of neurology, sodium oxybate (SXB), can cause extreme involuntary weight loss in addition to chronic night sweats and symptoms of clinical depression.
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