Case report of a 55-year-old woman with T2DM, chronic kidney disease, and cannabis use who presented with severe intractable vomiting and sepsis physiology while on a GLP-1 RA, with synergistic nausea-emesis from GLP-1 RA gastroparesis compounded by cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. Highlights an underrecognized pharmacodynamic interaction. Provides clinical awareness for emergency physicians and prescribers that concurrent cannabis use may amplify GLP-1 RA/tirzepatide-associated GI adverse events—and that cannabis hyperemesis syndrome may be difficult to distinguish from GLP-1 RA-related GI complications in the emergency setting.
DesRochers, Peter; Kaiser, Linus; Lee, Seoyoon; Perchetti, Garrett A; Lazarescu, Roxana