SMALL BOWEL ULCERATION ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERIC-COATED POTASSIUM CHLORIDE AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE.

Abstract

Three cases of intestinal obstruction due to solitary localized ulceration, inflammation and stenosis of the small bowel are described. All three patients had been treated with a pill containing hydrochlorothiazide and an enteric-coated centre of potassium chloride. The occurrence of this lesion in these patients, and in similar cases reported from other centres, suggests that such a combination should not be prescribed.