To report a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in a 75 year-old patient who was taking concomitant ciprofloxacin and metronidazole. Case report A patient had been prescribed ciprofloxacin and metronidazole during a recent hospitalization and continued this regimen outpatient. Two weeks after discharge and 3 weeks after initiation of her regimen, she was brought to the emergency department after developing acute weakness and lightheadedness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere, we present the case of a patient who developed a large hematoma under his tongue while taking concomitant warfarin and ivermectin. Ivermectin has been shown to interfere with vitamin K-dependent clotting factors II, V, VII, and X. However, all the data to date have been from in vivo data with little to no reports on its effects on humans.
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