Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine Treatment in Methimazole-induced Myopathy and Toxic Hepatitis
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Labetalol-induced toxic myopathy.
Labetalol has been successful in treating hypertension, and few side effects have been reported, although there have been cases of muscle pain during treatment. A patient with essential hypertension treated with labetalol 600 mg daily complained of muscle pains, particularly in the legs. No neurological abnormality was found, but the activity of muscle enzymes in the blood was high. Findings on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2147-9291
DOI: 10.5336/caserep.2020-77783