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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2015 Aug 13;52(5):887–890. doi: 10.1002/mus.24781

Table 1.

Characteristic of patients with familial dysautonomia and rhabdomyolysis

Patient Gender Age at
event
Medications at
event
Symptoms Maximum
CK
Presumed trigger
1 M 23 Fludrocortisone
Diazepam
Pain in left gluteal
area
25,000 Prolonged
immobilization during
dysautonomic crisis
25 Fludrocortisone
Diazepam
Pain in left gluteal
area
200,000 Prolonged
immobilization during
dysautonomic crisis
2 W 26 Fludrocortisone
Diazepam
Ranitidine
Pain in posterior
thighs
49,655 Prolonged
immobilization during
dysautonomic crisis
3 W 20 Fludrocortisone
Ranitidine
Clonidine
Pain in right
gluteal area
6,000 1-night
polysomnographic
study
23 Fludrocortisone
Ranitidine
Clonidine
Swelling and pain
in right gluteal
area
6,500 Sleeping in a hotel with
tight sheets
4 M 17 Fludrocortisone
Ranitidine
Clonidine
Carbidopa
Swelling and pain
over the left
gluteal area
4,630 Unknown
5 W 30 Midodrine
Fludrocortisone
Clonidine
Pain in left gluteal
area
1,290 Fever
6 M 18 Fludrocortisone Pain in right thigh 3,508 Prolonged
immobilization during
pneumonia
7 M 16 Fludrocortisone
Diazepam
Clonidine
Midodrine
Pregabalin
Asymptomatic 2,696 Unknown
8 M 9 Fludrocortisone
Midodrine
Clonidine
Carbidopa
Gabapentin
Weakness and
pain in
posterolateral
thighs
1,643 Fever due to viral
infection

CK: Creatine kinase.