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Hyponatremia

brutale 800

brutale 800

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I have been diagnosed with chronic hyponatremia and it has been suggested that it might be my meds - gliclazide, metformin, omeprazole, atorvastatin
Does anybody have any experience of this?
 
I am not T2 and don't take those drugs but I do take carbemazepine at the upper daily limit of the drug for my epilepsy. Carbemazpine has hyponotraemia as a known possible side effect (along with the potential for all sorts of other nasties) and I have that on a more or less permanent basis. Every GP I've had has tried to sort it out but since I refuse to come off the drug (it works perfectly for the epilepsy) there's little we can do except I munch a fair bit of salt. This in turn affects my blood pressure. Yay.... not.

If it's a side effect they may be able to isolate the drug responsible and find a workaround. You could ask them to look into the possibility for you. Hyponotraemia is dangerous but I've had it so long I'm sort of used to it.
 
Thanks.
Yep, I guess they can, by a process of elimination figure out if it is my medication.
Going to see the endocrinologist in September.
 
brutale 800 said:
Thanks very much! I will have a read
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I'm assuming for your Doc to refer you to an Endo that your serum sodium levels are a decent pargin under your lab's assay range.

My own is always skirting the lower range of the assay. (133-146), with my highest ever recorded single test "spike" to 139, and my lowest 130. The last 3 have been 134.

Going through my panel a few months ago, my GP just concluded that's where I run.
 
Thanks for you reply. I am reassured that I am not the only one!
Going to see endo’ at the beginning of September but it has been ‘slightly low’ for about five years. Since having the stroke I think they are looking at thing a little more closely
 
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