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Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady.

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Noujaim, MG; Mourad, A; Clough, JD
Published in: Case Rep Med
2019

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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Case Rep Med

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1687-9627

Publication Date

2019

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2019

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6537815

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United States
 

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Noujaim, M. G., Mourad, A., & Clough, J. D. (2019). Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady. Case Rep Med, 2019, 6537815. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6537815
Noujaim, Michael G., Ahmad Mourad, and Jeffrey D. Clough. “Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady.Case Rep Med 2019 (2019): 6537815. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6537815.
Noujaim MG, Mourad A, Clough JD. Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady. Case Rep Med. 2019;2019:6537815.
Noujaim, Michael G., et al. “Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady.Case Rep Med, vol. 2019, 2019, p. 6537815. Pubmed, doi:10.1155/2019/6537815.
Noujaim MG, Mourad A, Clough JD. Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady. Case Rep Med. 2019;2019:6537815.
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Published In

Case Rep Med

DOI

ISSN

1687-9627

Publication Date

2019

Volume

2019

Start / End Page

6537815

Location

United States