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Severe hypokalaemia from kaolin and morphine abuse.

B Kirkham1, R Cowell, J Rees.   

Abstract

A 34 year old man, registered disabled as a result of muscle weakness, was admitted to hospital because of increasing weakness. He had profound hypokalaemia and admitted to taking up to 1400 ml of kaolin and morphine mixture daily. After considerable potassium replacement muscle power recovered completely. The hypokalaemia is likely to have been caused by the combination of liquorice extract and sodium bicarbonate in kaolin and morphine.

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Year:  1987        PMID： 3658872      PMCID： PMC2428359          DOI： 10.1136/pgmj.63.741.589

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Postgrad Med J        ISSN： 0032-5473            Impact factor:   2.401


  3 in total

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Authors:  J Webb
Journal:  Br J Dis Chest       Date:  1978-01

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Authors:  A M Cumming; K Boddy; J J Brown; R Fraser; A F Lever; P L Padfield; J I Robertson
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1980-07       Impact factor: 2.401

3.  Fatal dependence on kaolin and morphine mixture.

Authors:  J M Barragry; D V Morris
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1980-03       Impact factor: 2.401
  3 in total
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Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2010-03-26

2.  OTC medicines--are they 'open to criticism'?

Authors:  P Turner
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1987-07       Impact factor: 2.401
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