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Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome : Case Report of a Paradoxical Reaction with Heavy Marijuana Use
Joint Authors
Simmons, Justin
Randlett, Diana
Cox, Benjamin
Adler, Michael
Chhabra, Akansha
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is a rare constellation of clinical findings that includes a history of chronic heavy marijuana use, severe abdominal pain, unrelenting nausea, and intractable vomiting.
A striking component of this history includes the use of hot showers or long baths that help to alleviate these symptoms.
This is an underrecognized syndrome that can lead to expensive and unrevealing workups and can leave patients self-medicating their nausea and vomiting with the very substance that is causing their symptoms.
Long-term treatment of CHS is abstinence from marijuana use—but the acute symptomatic treatment of CHS has been a struggle for many clinicians.
Many standard medications used for the symptomatic treatment of CHS (including ondansetron, promethazine, and morphine) have repeatedly been shown to be ineffective.
Here we present the use of lorazepam as an agent that successfully and safely treats the tenacious symptoms of CHS.
Additionally, we build upon existing hypotheses for the pathogenesis of CHS to try to explain why a substance that has been used for thousands of years is only now beginning to cause this paradoxical hyperemesis syndrome.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cox, Benjamin& Chhabra, Akansha& Adler, Michael& Simmons, Justin& Randlett, Diana. 2012. Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome : Case Report of a Paradoxical Reaction with Heavy Marijuana Use. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cox, Benjamin…[et al.]. Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome : Case Report of a Paradoxical Reaction with Heavy Marijuana Use. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cox, Benjamin& Chhabra, Akansha& Adler, Michael& Simmons, Justin& Randlett, Diana. Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome : Case Report of a Paradoxical Reaction with Heavy Marijuana Use. Case Reports in Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-496367
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-496367