Not so Goody's powder

Raja Samir Khan; Sardar Momin Shah-Khan; Justin Kupec

doi:10.1136/bcr-2021-242055

Not so Goody's powder

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 13;14(7):e242055. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242055.

Authors

Raja Samir Khan¹, Sardar Momin Shah-Khan², Justin Kupec²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA rajasamirkhan.aku@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Abstract

Over-the-counter analgesic medications are widely used amongst American adults and are also available in powder forms. Their adverse effects have been well documented in literature. Gastrocolic fistulas as a complication of peptic ulcer disease from analgesic powder usage have been previously unreported. Here, we report a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and acute anaemia secondary to peptic ulcer complicated by gastrocolic fistula in a patient using analgesic powder.

Keywords: drugs: gastrointestinal system; endoscopy; radiology; ulcer.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Colonic Diseases*
Gastric Fistula*
Humans
Intestinal Fistula*
Peptic Ulcer* / chemically induced
Peptic Ulcer* / complications
Peptic Ulcer* / drug therapy
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