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Oxcarbazepine

Hyponatraemia: case reportA 40-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia started

receiving oxcarbazepine [dosage not stated]. After severalweeks of therapy, he developed fatigue and weakness, andhis serum sodium level was found to be 124 mmol/L[outcome not stated].Espino Diaz I, et al. Oxcarbezepine-induced hyponatremia. Psiquiatria Biologica16: 38-41, No. 1, Jan 2009 [Spanish; summarised from an English abstract.] -Spain 801146226

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