Fluoxetine overdose in an adolescent.
The response to and management of an acute ingestion of a large quantity of fluoxetine hydrochloride in a 13-year-old boy with Tourette's syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder is described. The patient's symptomatic course following the ingestion included a grand mal seizure, depressed ST segments on EKG, nausea, dizziness, and headache. In general, the fluoxetine was well tolerated: all of the symptoms and signs remitted spontaneously.
Riddle
M A
MA
Brown
N
N
Dzubinski
D
D
Jetmalani
A N
AN
Law
Y
Y
Woolston
J L
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*
D005473:Fluoxetine