Menthol Toxicity: An Unusual Cause of Coma

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consider menthol an effective substance, which help in common cold symptoms and labeled to have low toxicity profile. Direct exposure to high menthol amount has been reported in animal; but no studies have been done to show the effect of menthol on long-term...

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Autores principales: Baibars, Motaz, Eng, Simona, Shaheen, Khaldoon, Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid, Alraies, M. Chadi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23251165
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/187039
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author Baibars, Motaz
Eng, Simona
Shaheen, Khaldoon
Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid
Alraies, M. Chadi
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description The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consider menthol an effective substance, which help in common cold symptoms and labeled to have low toxicity profile. Direct exposure to high menthol amount has been reported in animal; but no studies have been done to show the effect of menthol on long-term use in humans. Up to our knowledge we are reporting a rare case of chronic exposure to significant amount of menthol associated with cutaneous, gastrointestinal and neurological manifestations.
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spelling pubmed-35216322012-12-18 Menthol Toxicity: An Unusual Cause of Coma Baibars, Motaz Eng, Simona Shaheen, Khaldoon Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid Alraies, M. Chadi Case Rep Med Case Report The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consider menthol an effective substance, which help in common cold symptoms and labeled to have low toxicity profile. Direct exposure to high menthol amount has been reported in animal; but no studies have been done to show the effect of menthol on long-term use in humans. Up to our knowledge we are reporting a rare case of chronic exposure to significant amount of menthol associated with cutaneous, gastrointestinal and neurological manifestations. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3521632/ /pubmed/23251165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/187039 Text en Copyright © 2012 Motaz Baibars et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Menthol Toxicity: An Unusual Cause of Coma
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