Acute pancreatitis and acute renal failure complicating doxylamine succinate intoxication

Vet Hum Toxicol. 2002 Jun;44(3):165-6.

Abstract

Doxylamine succinate is an antihistaminic drugwith additional hypnotic, anticholinergic and local anesthetic effects first described in 1948. In Korea and many other countries, it is a common-over-the counter medication frequently involved in overdoses. Clinical symtomatology of doxylamine succinate overdose includes somnolence, coma, seizures, mydriasis, tachycardia, psychosis, and rhabdomyolysis. A serious complication may be rhabdomyolysis with subsequent impairment of renal function and acute renal failure. We report a case of acute renal failure and acute pancreatitis complicating a doxylamine succinate intoxication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications
  • Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / therapy
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Doxylamine / poisoning*
  • Drug Overdose / complications
  • Drug Overdose / diagnosis
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / poisoning*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / complications
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis / therapy
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / drug therapy

Substances

  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Doxylamine