title: Hallucinations in children caused by oxolamine citrate.
abstract: Twenty reports in Australia, Belgium and The Netherlands have implicated oxolamine-citrate cough-mixtures as a cause of hallucinations in children of less than 10 years of age. Fever is not thought to be a likely alternative explanation. Similar reactions in older children and adults have not been reported and it is possible that the recommended doses for young children are too high. Information about the use of the drug in Australia suggests that such reactions are uncommon, but the information should be interpreted cautiously.
authors.affiliation: Australian Drug Evaluation Committee, Canberra, ACT.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McEwen
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Meyboom
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thijs
mesh_terms: D000996:Antitussive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010069:Oxadiazoles / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000996:Antitussive Agents; D010069:Oxadiazoles; C008735:oxolamine