Movement disorder caused by abuse of veterinary anesthesia containing tiletamine.
Zoletil (Telazol) is a fixed-ratio combination of the tranquilizer zolazepam, with the dissociative anesthetic tiletamine, used for injection anesthesia in dogs, cats, wild, and zoo animals. We report a veterinarian who developed movement disorder after abuse of Zoletil for a 2-week period. Phencyclidine derivatives, that is, tiletamine can induce movement disorder in human. Tiletamine/zolazepam can be abused for recreational purpose, especially by those people with easy access to veterinary medications. Emergency physicians should have high alert to the diverse presentations of drug abuse. This case again highlights that the association between accessibility of scheduled drugs and health care professionals.
Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ching-Chang
CC
Lee
Yen-Yue
YY
Lin
Chin-Wang
CW
Hsu
Shi-Jye
SJ
Chu
Shih-Hung
SH
Tsai
D000328:Adult; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013992:Tiletamine / Q000633:toxicity*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000633:toxicity*; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019155:Veterinary Drugs / Q000633:toxicity*; D015041:Zolazepam / Q000633:toxicity*
D000777:Anesthetics; D004338:Drug Combinations; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D019155:Veterinary Drugs; D013992:Tiletamine; D015041:Zolazepam