Antidiuretic hormone analogues: Deamino-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP), oxytocin. Deamino-D-arginine vasopressin (DDAVP) and oxytocin prevent the excretion of water by the kidneys, thus can cause hyponatremia especially when administered with electrolyte-free water. Other drugs that could rarely cause hyponatremia include:
However, there is one real advantage of deep breathing. It is called hyperventilation provocation test or deep breathing test. The benefits of this test are in the immediate reproductions of symptoms of some chronic diseases (heart disease, asthma, panic attacks, epilepsy seizures, and some others).
What Long Deep Breathing Will Do for You. From the yoga manual Survival Kit, Meditations and Exercises for Stress and Pressure of the Times, by Yogi Bhajan, published by Kundalini Research Institute (KRI), Copyright 1980 by Yogi Bhajan, page 47. This manual is available from Ancient Healing Ways.