Angioedema Caused by Carbamazepine or Acetazolamide: A Single Drug Solution - An illustrative Case Report

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Authors

  • Surya N. Gupta Section of Child Neurology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Charleston Area Medical Cen- ter, Charleston, West Virginia, USA
  • Vikash S. Gupta Medical student -IV, Texila American University, Woolford Ave, Georgetown, Guyana, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/NOJ-1-105

Keywords:

Angioedema; Carbamazepine; Acetazolamide; Topiramate

Abstract

We report a rare case of angioedema in an adolescent female with multiple problems,
seizures migraines, peudotumor cerebrii, supraventricular tachycardia, and obesity. Management of drug therapy in such patients presents a clinical challenge. We discuss a single drug
solution particularly in those patients in whom the memory of side effects of the drug is a vivid
reality.

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Published

2014-11-06

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Surya N. Gupta, & Vikash S. Gupta. (2014). Angioedema Caused by Carbamazepine or Acetazolamide: A Single Drug Solution - An illustrative Case Report. Neuro, 1(1), 20–22. https://doi.org/10.17140/NOJ-1-105

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Volume 1 Issue 1 2014

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