Altered mental status from olanzapine overdose treated with physostigmine

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-325

  Weizberg, M ^a   Su, M ^a   Mazzola, J L ^b   Bird, S B ^c   Brush, D E ^c   Boyer, E W ^d  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical antipsychotics; Olanzapine; Physostigmine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; OLANZAPINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TRAZODONE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYDRIASIS; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYCARDIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENZYMOLOGY; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; DELIRIUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745088380     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650600584535     Document Type: Article

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