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Ann Clin Neurophysiol > Volume 3(1); 2001 > Article
Ann Clin Neurophysiol. 2001; 3(1): 50-52.
Licorice-induced Hypokalemic Myopathy
Kyung-Seok Park, Jae-Myun Chung, Mee Joo, Kyung Ho Lim, and Kwang-Woo Lee
Copyright © 2001 The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
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ABSTRACT
Licorice is widely used as a Chinese(herbal) medicine. The glycyrrhizin, a main ingredient of the natural licorice, has a potent mineralocorticoid effect which may cause severe hypokalemia and muscle paralysis. We present a 60-year-old woman, who had been ingesting one or two spoonful of licorice powder daily for about one year, developed acute flaccied quadriparesis with high levels of serum muscle enzymes and the typical features of mineralocorticoid excess such as severe hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Both plasma renin activity and serum aldosterone level were below the normal values. This case indicates that licorice-induced hypokalemic myopathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient with acute quadriparesis and hypokalemia.
Key words: Licorice, Glycyrrhizin, Glycyrrhetinic acid, Hypokalemic myopathy, Pseudoaldosteronism
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