Saturday, September 3, 2011

Emedinews:Dr Good Dr Bad: A patient developed tetany after he was given metoclopramide.

Situation: A patient developed tetany after he was given metoclopramide.
Dr Good: Stop metoclopramide. Give inj promethazine.
Dr Bad: Give calcium.
Lesson: Metoclopramide can cause extrapyramidal symptoms
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  1. DileepJune 4, 2014 at 2:16 AM

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  2. DileepJune 4, 2014 at 2:18 AM

    actually diphenhydramine is better as promethazine though a good anticholinergic is also a phenothiazine.

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