Interstitial granulomatous drug reaction after intranasal desmopressin administration

Interstitial granulomatous drug reaction following intravenous ganciclovir.

Convulsion and coma after intranasal desmopressin in cystic fibrosis.

Drs E J SIMMONDS, M J MAHONY, and J M LITTLEWOOD (Regional Cystic Fibrosis Unit, St James's Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF) write: Desmopressin has been advocated as a treatment for nocturnal enuresis. We report on a child with cystic fibrosis who developed water intoxication while being treated with desmopressin. The patient, a girl aged 13 years, had made good progress apart from recurrent nasal pol...

Rapid hemodilution induced by desmopressin after erythropoietin administration in humans

Sanchis-Gomar F, Martinez-Bello VE, Derbre F, García-López E, García-Valles R, Brioche T, Ferrando B, Ibañez-Sania S, Pareja-Galeano H, Gomez-Cabrera MC, Viña J. Rapid hemodilution induced by desmopressin after erythropoietin administration in humans. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2011. We have shown that treatment with demospressin has a very effective hemodilution effect in healthy huma...

Granulomatous interstitial lung disease in a long-term drug abuser

It is the habit of some drug consumers to dissolve the powder of crushed pills, intended for oral use, in water and inject this solution intravenously. Insoluble particles than obstruct pulmonary vessels causing microscopic pulmonary emboli. These foreign bodies migrate and penetrate into the perivascular space and interstitium, resulting in chronic inflammation and foreign body giant cell reac...

Coronary Spastic Angina Induced after Oral Desmopressin (DDAVP) Administration

A 60-year-old man was prescribed oral desmopressin (1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin acetate trihydrate; DDAVP) for nocturnal polyuria. One week after starting to take desmopressin, he frequently felt chest pain while resting. Coronary angiography revealed no organic stenosis; however, an acetylcholine provocation test showed severe coronary spasm with ST elevation. He was diagnosed with coro...