This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Kingswood, J.C. Articles by Lazarus, J.H. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Kingswood, J.C. Articles by Lazarus, J.H. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Report of Overdose with Astemizole

Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, South Glamorgan CF6 1XX, Wales, UK

P.A. Routledge

Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, South Glamorgan CF6 1XX, Wales, UK

J.H. Lazarus

Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, South Glamorgan CF6 1XX, Wales, UK

A case is reported of a 14-year-old girl who took an overdose of 200 mg of astemizole. There were no serious adverse clinical or laboratory sequelae, with only mild sedation and no anticholinergic adverse effects. The apparent half-life of this dose over the next 37 h was 31 h.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 5, No. 1, 43-44 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718600500108


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?