Case Studies

Clinicians should be aware of this possible adverse event and monitor patients receiving concomitant drugs that may prolong the QT interval.

These reports show how little is known about the side effects of herbal products and how important it is to investigate and report these adverse events, especially when a product has grown in popularity.

Previously, the patient’s coffee intake had been sporadic, until 2 months prior when she started preparing American coffee (drip coffee with creamer and sugar) at home.

He had been previously hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis, one year prior, and at the time he was given 48,000 U of insulin daily to control his blood glucose.

While typically not used for the treatment of UTIs, this agent may be considered a treatment option for susceptible UTIs caused by multi-drug resistant organisms.

There have been previous reports of toxicity both in the U.S. and Europe.

This case details the potential dietary supplement adverse effect, thyrotoxicosis.

Because the drug is used often for recreational purposes, it is important that clinicians become aware and educate their patients about the potentially dangerous side effects.

Hyponatremia is considered the most common electrolyte abnormality in medical practice and recent research has shown it has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality.

While there have been previous reports of neuropsychiatric events related to fluoroquinolone use, these events were typically infrequent and were more likely to occur in patients of advanced age with comorbidities (ie, renal dysfunction). This case is the first to report on a younger patient who experienced visual hallucination after moxifloxacin administration.