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Suicide attempt with clopidogrelDepartment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Topkapi, Istanbul; Ahmet Vefik Pasa Caddesi Yasam Apartmani, No 60 Kat 2 Daire 2 Çapa, Istanbul, Turkey gonenckocabay{at}yahoo.com
Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Topkapi, Istanbul
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Topkapi, Istanbul; We report the case of a 49-year-old male who took an overdose of 1650 mg of clopidogrel with suicidal intend. The patient developed abnormalities of platelet aggregation, but never developed symptoms. Clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed drug. Reports of overdose of clopidogrel were very rarely reported in the literature.
Key Words: clopidogrel phenytoin suicide
Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 25, No. 12,
731-734 (2006) |
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