Drug induced low sodium

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Drug-induced hyponatraemia occurs in approximately 5% of outpatients and 15% of inpatients (1)

in an Australian study the commonest drugs causing hyponatraemia were:  

most patients with hyponatraemia are diagnosed incidentally on routine blood tests

Example causes of drug induced hyponatraemia:

Fourlanos S, Greenberg . Managing drug-induced hyponatraemia in adults.Aust Prescr: 2003;26:114-7.

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