title: Rate of decrease in serum ethchlorvynol concentrations after extreme overdosage-a case study.
abstract: Ethchlorvynol is a commonly abused sedative hypnotic. I report here a seven-day study of serum ethchlorvynol concentrations in a patient who had received an extreme overdose. These concentrations were correlated with the patient's response to stimuli. Serum ethchlorvynol concentrations were logarithmically related to time, a fact that can be useful in predicting when a patient's serum ethchlorvynol concentration will return to a therapeutic concentration. In this case the decrease was about 35% per 24h.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004231:Diuresis; D004984:Ethchlorvynol / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D004984:Ethchlorvynol