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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 44
| Issue : 3 | Page : 417-418 |
Successful treatment of excessive dose of carbamazepine
Selcuk Yaylaci1, Mustafa Volkan Demir1, Bilgehan Acar2, Savas Sipahi3, Ali Tamer1
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, India
2 Department of Neurology, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, India
3 Department of Nephrology, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya, India
Correspondence Address:
Selcuk Yaylaci
Department of Internal Medicine, Sakarya Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.96353
Carbamazepine is used in the treatment of epilepsy; it is also prescribed for treatment of neuralgic pain syndromes and certain affective disorders. Carbamazepine intoxication with suicide attempt is a relatively common clinical problem that can result in coma, respiratory depression, arrhythmia, hemodynamic instability, and death. There is no specific antidote. Multiple-dose activated charcoal and hemodialysis are the main treatment for carbamazepine intoxication. In this paper, we report the case of a 19-year-old woman with excessive dose carbamazepin intoxication and our successful treatment with multiple-dose activated charcoal and hemodialysis.
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