1. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and the onset of a manic episode
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Phillip Kenneth Gregoire, Michael Tau, and David W Robertson
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Adult ,Male ,Marijuana Abuse ,030213 general clinical medicine ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bipolar Disorder ,Bathing ,Vomiting ,Nausea ,Context (language use) ,Bioinformatics ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Antimanic Agents ,Pregnancy ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Cannabinoids ,business.industry ,Syndrome ,General Medicine ,Cannabis use ,medicine.disease ,Symptomatic relief ,Affect ,Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome ,Mood ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome is a rare, recently described, clinically diagnosed condition that is characterised by a chronic history of cannabis use, cyclic nausea and vomiting, symptomatic relief with hot water bathing, and resolution with cessation of use. We present a case of this syndrome concurrent in a patient with bipolar mania. We suggest that a 3-week period of vomiting in the context of this syndrome contributed to the precipitation of a manic episode by lowering mood stabiliser serum levels, and that this syndrome will have significant consequences for the patient's mental health.
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- 2016
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