title: [Myoclonus during a treatment with diclofenac (author's transl)].
abstract: Diclofenac is a non steroïdal anti-inflammatory drug. In 1978, the case of a myoclonic encephalopathy appearing three days after starting a treatment with this drug in a patients with renal insufficiency was published. A few months later, we observed a case of myoclonus of the lower limbs in a young man in good general status, without renal insufficiency, after four full months of this treatment. Myoclonus vanished 48 hours after withdrawal of the drug.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D010648:Phenylacetates; D004008:Diclofenac
vernacular_title: Myoclonies au cours d'un traitement par le diclofenac.