A Case of Trazodone Overdose Successfully Rescued With Lipid Emulsion Therapy

Trazodone is a very common medication prescribed to patients who suffer from insomnia. The toxic effects of trazodone remain ill-defined with no current known antidote therapy. Lipid emulsion therapy has been described as general rescue therapy in toxicology. Unfortunately, only select substance ove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Taylor, Roger, Burg, Joshua, Mullen, Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33178517
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10864
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Sumario:Trazodone is a very common medication prescribed to patients who suffer from insomnia. The toxic effects of trazodone remain ill-defined with no current known antidote therapy. Lipid emulsion therapy has been described as general rescue therapy in toxicology. Unfortunately, only select substance overdoses respond to lipid emulsion therapy. The authors present a unique application of lipid emulsion therapy in a post-cardiac arrest situation involving a trazodone overdose.

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