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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 46
| Issue : 6 | Page : 651-652 |
Hypoglycemia - A rare complication of carbamazepine overdose
Avanish Jha1, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash2, Rini Bandhyopadhyay2, Peter John Victor1
1 Medical Intensive Care Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash
Department of General Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.144941
Carbamazepine overdose usually presents with neurological manifestations such as ataxia, seizures and altered sensorium or cardiac manifestations that include tachycardia, hypotension and ventricular extra-systoles. We report a patient with carbamazepine overdose who manifested recurrent hypoglycemia on the third and fourth day following ingestion that resolved with supportive therapy.
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