半夏瀉心湯服用により薬剤性間質性肺炎をきたした1例

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A 75-year-old male presented with anorexia, decreased physical strength, fever, nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and decreased SpO₂ at 95％ (room air). X-ray and CT images showed extensive ground-glass opacities in the lungs. On admission, interstitial lung disease and bacterial pneumonia were suspected. Antibiotics were administered；However, the improvement was poor. In addition, the patient's symptoms worsened rapidly. According to the patient and his family, he developed fever and nonproductive cough after taking Hangeshashin-to. After hospitalization, fever and respiratory distress were observed when he took Hangeshashin-to at his own discretion, and he was diagnosed with interstitial pneumonia caused by Hangeshashin-to.