Ipecac‐induced myopathy simulating dermatomyositis
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 32 (1), 91
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.32.1.91
Abstract
A young woman with an eating disorder [bulimia] was studied. To induce vomiting, she took syrup of ipecac daily for 2 yr and then developed insidious, progressive muscle weakness. Skin findings were similar to those of dermatomyositis. Muscle biopsy was similar to experimental emetine myopathy and lacked inflammatory features. Upon cessation of ipecac abuse, strength returned.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Experimental (−) emetine myopathyJournal of the Neurological Sciences, 1978
- EMETINE TOXICITY IN MAN: STUDIES ON THE NATURE OF EARLY TOXIC MANIFESTATIONS, THEIR RELATION TO THE DOSE LEVEL, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN DETERMINING SAFE DOSAGEAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1948