Glucose induced paradoxical serum potassium elevation exclusively in the upright posture in metoprolol treated hypertensives

Radó, J.P.

Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 46(1): 159-160

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0034-5164
PMID: 6505387
Document Number: 230568
Paradoxical glucose-induced serum potassium elevation was found exclusively in the upright position in 9 patients with essential hypertension treated with metoprolol. The finding of depressed plasma aldosterone by the drug shed light only at one of the possible mechanisms leading to the unexpected changes in internal potassium balance.

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