METOCLOPRAMIDE-INDUCED SULFHEMOGLOBINEMIA

Authors
VANVELDHUIZEN PJ WYATT A
Citation
Pj. Vanveldhuizen et A. Wyatt, METOCLOPRAMIDE-INDUCED SULFHEMOGLOBINEMIA, The American journal of gastroenterology, 90(6), 1995, pp. 1010-1011
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
90
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1010 - 1011
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1995)90:6<1010:MS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Metoclopramide, a drug with oxidant activity, has infrequently been re ported to cause methemoglobinemia in infants. We present a unique case in which a patient on chronic metoclopramide therapy developed sulfhe moglobinemia that resolved with subsequent discontinuation of the drug . Mechanisms that may be important in the formation of sulfhemoglobin also are discussed.