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BMJ Case Rep
September 2024
Endocrinology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
A male of East Asian background in his 30s presented to the emergency department with acute onset global muscle weakness, elevated creatine kinase, profound hypokalaemia and hyperthyroidism. A diagnosis of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis was made and the myopathy resolved promptly with potassium replacement. However, 3 months after being commenced on carbimazole for hyperthyroidism, the patient developed myalgias without weakness associated with an elevated creatine kinase.
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October 2022
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Portsaid University, Portsaid, Egypt.
Indian J Psychol Med
January 2017
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Abrupt normalization of hyperthyroid state with antithyroid drugs is reported to precipitate psychosis. We report the development of acute psychosis in a 20-year-old woman, following 30 days use of tablet carbimazole 10 mg for hyperthyroidism due to the multinodular goiter. At the time of presentation, she was euthyroid with a resolution of hyperthyroid status both clinically and biochemically.
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February 1989
Clinique Thérapeutique, C.H.U. de Rouen, France.
A case of carbimazole-induced cholestatic hepatitis is presented. A woman received carbimazole for hyperthyroidism for 3 months. Five months later, she had prompt recurrence of cholestasis parameters after rechallenge (2 days of treatment).
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