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Box 10-10

Medications that can cause hyperchloremia include:

  • acetazolamide
  • ammonium chloride
  • androgens and estrogens
  • cortisone
  • phenylbutazone
  • salicylates (overdose)
  • sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate)
  • diuretics such as triamterene.