title: Attempted suicide with levothyroxine in an adolescent girl.
abstract: Attempted suicide with levothyroxine is very rare and has been described only in a few case reports. Although acute accidental or intentional overdoses of thyroid hormones can lead to marked elevations in serum T4 levels, many children who take as much as 5-10 mg of levothyroxine as a single dose have few or no symptoms of thyrotoxicosis. We report an adolescent girl who attempted suicide by ingesting levothyroxine. She responded well to β-adrenergic blockade.
authors: Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Izmir Dr. Behcet Uz Children Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. drkorkmazanil@hotmail.com
authors: Huseyin Anil
authors: HA
authors: Korkmaz
authors: Ceyhun
authors: C
authors: Dizdarer
authors: Filiz
authors: F
authors: Hazan
authors: Utku
authors: U
authors: Karaarslan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D013974:Thyroxine