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To the Editor: We describe a 63-year-old woman whose stomach was perforated after she ingested a blister-wrapped capsule while hospitalized for treatment of depression. She was treated with oral lormetazepam (Noctamid), paroxetine (Deroxat), buspirone (Buspar), and cyamemazine (Tercian) and with ranitidine (Azantac) for a previous duodenal ulcer. On the third hospital day she had vomiting, headache, and abdominal pain. She was afebrile. Hypertension (blood pressure, 250/120 mm Hg) and mild tachycardia (100 beats per minute) were detected. She was admitted to a cardiology service. Nifedipine (Adalate) was prescribed to treat the hypertension.

The next day, she fainted twice in one . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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