Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity

A case of cyclobenzaprine (flexeril) overdose and the resultant rhabdomyolysis is presented. A review of the range of clinical toxicity, management of overdose is described. The similarity of cyclobenzaprine to the tricyclic antidepressant class is emphasized; this report attempts to disseminate rel...

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Autor principal: Chabria, Shiven B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1540431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-16
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description A case of cyclobenzaprine (flexeril) overdose and the resultant rhabdomyolysis is presented. A review of the range of clinical toxicity, management of overdose is described. The similarity of cyclobenzaprine to the tricyclic antidepressant class is emphasized; this report attempts to disseminate related information on this commonly prescribed centrally acting muscle relaxant.
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spelling pubmed-15404312006-08-12 Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity Chabria, Shiven B J Occup Med Toxicol Case Report A case of cyclobenzaprine (flexeril) overdose and the resultant rhabdomyolysis is presented. A review of the range of clinical toxicity, management of overdose is described. The similarity of cyclobenzaprine to the tricyclic antidepressant class is emphasized; this report attempts to disseminate related information on this commonly prescribed centrally acting muscle relaxant. BioMed Central 2006-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC1540431/ /pubmed/16846511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-16 Text en Copyright © 2006 Chabria; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
title Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
title_full Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
title_fullStr Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
title_full_unstemmed Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
title_short Rhabdomyolysis: a manifestation of cyclobenzaprine toxicity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1540431/
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