Annual research review: a meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents
Green urine The urine can turn green because of the following: drugs and other compounds containing phenol, such as promethazine, used for allergy and nausea, and propofol, a drug used in anesthetics other drugs, including the antidepressant amitriptyline, cimetidine, which reduces stomach acid, and the painkiller indomethacin dyes, including indigo-blue, indigo carmine, which is used in kidney tests, carbolic acid, and flavin derivatives biliverdin, a bile pigment infection with Pseudomonas bacteria Methylene blue, a dye that has also been used as a drug, can produce a blue-green color to the urine
Baumann is an endocrinologist, now professor emeritus at Northwestern University
The documented research dose is ~2.33 mg of total blend per administration, which for a 70 mg vial reconstituted in 3 mL equals 0.10 mL, or 10 units on a U-100 syringe
Importantly, these medications carry boxed warnings for medullary thyroid carcinoma risk and are contraindicated in patients with personal or family history of MEN2 or medullary thyroid carcinoma