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Cough mixture dependence and stroke: implications for pseudoephedrine regulation

Ajay Bharatula and Peter W New
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03043.x
Published online: 18 April 2011

To the Editor: A middle-aged male night-shift driver experienced dizziness, vomiting, sudden onset of limb weakness, and then collapsed and became delirious. He had no past history of renal impairment or hypertension.


  • 1 Acute Rehabilitation, Southern Health, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Monash–Epworth Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.


Correspondence: ajay.bharatula@gmail.com

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