[Licorice. A basis for precautions one more time!].
A 38 year-old male was admitted to hospital with somnolence, flaccid paralysis of the extremities, arterial hypertension, oedema, severe hypokalemia and rabdomyolysis. The course was complicated with respiratory and kidney failure. It became apparent that the symptoms were caused by the ingestion of 200 g of licorice daily for ten weeks together with a thiazide diuretic for two weeks.
Folkersen
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Aalborg Sygehus, medicinsk nefrologisk afdeling C.
Knudsen
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Teglbjaerg
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D000328:Adult; D001581:Benzothiadiazines; D004232:Diuretics; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006035:Glycyrrhiza; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects
D001581:Benzothiadiazines; D004232:Diuretics; D049993:Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors