Sustained release bupropion overdose: An important cause of prolonged symptoms after an overdose

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 560-561

  Jepsen, F ^a   Matthews, J ^a   Andrews, F J ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TABLET; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERTIGO; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0345415757     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.6.560     Document Type: Article

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