Intoxication with over-the-counter antitussive medication containing dihydrocodeine and chlorpheniramine causes generalized convulsion and mixed acidosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1013-1015

  Murao, Satoshi ^a   Manabe, Hiroaki ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuji ^a   Sekikawa, Takashi ^a  

^a Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Antitussive; Chlorpheniramine; Codeine; Convulsion

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CAFFEINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; METHYLEPHEDRINE; MIDAZOLAM; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SS BRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CODEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPHEDRINE; N-METHYLEPHEDRINE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEDATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; JAPAN; SEIZURE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CODEINE; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EPHEDRINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 48249100511     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0925     Document Type: Article

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