Purpose: To determine if licorice could be a cause for hypokalemia and hypertension in a patient.
Licorice extract contains glycyrrhizinic acid which when taken chronically can result in a syndrome mimicking mineralocorticoid excess.
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Specialty: Endocrinology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: differential diagnosis and mimics, red flags, adverse effects
ICD-10: E87.6, I15.8, E26.1,
