Sodium Oxybate: A Cause of Extreme Involuntary Weight Loss in a Young Lady

Case Rep Med. 2019 Jul 24:2019:6537815. doi: 10.1155/2019/6537815. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

We present a case of a young lady with extreme involuntary weight loss and alarming constitutional symptoms found ultimately to be all due to a single medication's side effects. The objective of this case report is to alert physicians, especially in a primary care setting, that the side effects of a medication used mostly in a highly specialized field of neurology, sodium oxybate (SXB), can cause extreme involuntary weight loss in addition to chronic night sweats and symptoms of clinical depression.

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