Endocrinology Research and Practice
Case Report

Aggravation of Acute Adrenal Crisis Due to Varenicline in a Patient with Adrenal Insufficiency

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Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Yozgat, Turkey

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Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Yozgat, Turkey

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Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Konya, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2016; 20: 105-107
DOI: 10.4274/tjem.3088
Read: 2212 Downloads: 677 Published: 01 September 2016

ABSTRACT

We present a male patient with the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency. He had acute adrenal crisis while receiving varenicline treatment for smoking cessation. The patient was examined carefully for the potential cause of adrenal crisis. His medical history was unremarkable except for varenicline use that started one week ago. We report here the first case of a patient who developed acute adrenal crisis under varenicline treatment.

 

 

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