Abstract

PILA PEREZ, Rafael; PILA PELAEZ, Rafael  and  PAULINO BASULTO, Miguel. Hemolytic secondary anemia to methyldopa. AMC [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.6, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case of a sixty two year-old patient, essential hypertensive for twenty years is presented. After receiving treatment with methyldopa, two daily grams during four months, showed hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, with the positive direct Coombs´test. Possible physiopathologic mechanisms were discussed, the drugs able to produce this disease, the action mechanisms of methyldopa and the hematologic side effects were pointed out.

Keywords : drugs; hemolytic anemia; methyldopa.

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