Serotonin syndrome after an overdose of over‐the‐counter medicine containing dextromethorphan

Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life‐threatening adverse reaction from therapeutic drug use, intentional self‐poisoning, or inadvertent interactions between drugs. We report a case of the serotonin syndrome after an overdose of a commonly available over‐the‐counter cough medicine, Shin CONTAC se...

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Autores principales: Omoto, Nina, Kanzawa, Yohei, Ishimaru, Naoto, Kinami, Saori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.469
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author Omoto, Nina
Kanzawa, Yohei
Ishimaru, Naoto
Kinami, Saori
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description Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life‐threatening adverse reaction from therapeutic drug use, intentional self‐poisoning, or inadvertent interactions between drugs. We report a case of the serotonin syndrome after an overdose of a commonly available over‐the‐counter cough medicine, Shin CONTAC sekidome daburu jizokusei. Over‐the‐counter drugs containing dextromethorphan may, in rare cases, cause health problems requiring hospitalization or worse. An appropriate explanation from the pharmacist at the time of purchase, although not mandatory, is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-87213272022-01-07 Serotonin syndrome after an overdose of over‐the‐counter medicine containing dextromethorphan Omoto, Nina Kanzawa, Yohei Ishimaru, Naoto Kinami, Saori J Gen Fam Med Case Reports Serotonin syndrome is a potentially life‐threatening adverse reaction from therapeutic drug use, intentional self‐poisoning, or inadvertent interactions between drugs. We report a case of the serotonin syndrome after an overdose of a commonly available over‐the‐counter cough medicine, Shin CONTAC sekidome daburu jizokusei. Over‐the‐counter drugs containing dextromethorphan may, in rare cases, cause health problems requiring hospitalization or worse. An appropriate explanation from the pharmacist at the time of purchase, although not mandatory, is recommended. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8721327/ /pubmed/35004109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.469 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8721327/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.469
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