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Hyponatraemia and Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone Associated with the Use of Imipramine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Colgate*
Affiliation:
Glan Rhyd and Pen-y-Fai Hospitals, Bridgend

Abstract

Hyponatraemia and persistent urinary excretion of sodium are associated with imipramine, used to treat an elderly woman with depressive illness, which resolved on withdrawal of the drug.

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Brief Reports
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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