Complications of baclofen overdosage.
A 39-year-old female patient who had been receiving 30 mg of baclofen daily for 5 months was admitted to the hospital about 12 hr after overdose of this drug (450 mg). On admission, she was comatose, flaccid, and in respiratory failure. Later she developed muscle twitchings and had several epileptic fits. She was treated symptomatically and became conscious within 36 hr. However, approximately 65 hr after the overdose she developed sinus tachycardia which was successfully treated with oral propranolol. Plasma concentrations, as measured on days 2 and 3, were within the therapeutic range but the elimination half-life was prolonged.
D000328:Adult; D001146:Arrhythmia, Sinus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D001418:Baclofen / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy
D001418:Baclofen