Demeclocycline in the prophylaxis of self-induced water intoxication
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 139 (6) , 828-830
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.6.828
Abstract
Demeclocycline, a competitive inhibitor of antidiuretic hormone at renal tubules, was studied in a patient with the syndrome of psychosis, psychogenic polydipsia, and episodic water intoxication. Under double-blind, placebo-controlled conditions, demeclocycline substantially reduced the severity and frequency of hyponatremic episodes.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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