SMALL BOWEL ULCERATION ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERIC-COATED POTASSIUM CHLORIDE AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE.
Three cases of intestinal obstruction due to solitary localized ulceration, inflammation and stenosis of the small bowel are described. All three patients had been treated with a pill containing hydrochlorothiazide and an enteric-coated centre of potassium chloride. The occurrence of this lesion in these patients, and in similar cases reported from other centres, suggests that such a combination should not be prescribed.
D002712:Chlorides; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004751:Enteritis; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D007079:Ileitis; D007410:Intestinal Diseases; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction; D007421:Intestine, Small; D007583:Jejunum; D010336:Pathology; D011188:Potassium; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D011859:Radiography; D014116:Toxicology; D014456:Ulcer
D002712:Chlorides; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D011188:Potassium
CHLORIDES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; ENTERITIS; GERIATRICS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ILEITIS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; PATHOLOGY; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOXICOLOGIC REPORT; ULCER