Quetiapine: Relatively safe in overdose?

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-140

  Mattoo, Surendra ^a   Shah, Ruchita ^a   Rajagopal, R ^a   Biswas, Partha ^a   Singh, Shubh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Overdose; Psychosis; Quetiapine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGITATED DEPRESSION; AGITATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE INJURY; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REINFORCEMENT; SIDE EFFECT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TABLET FORMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953401053     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.49456     Document Type: Article

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