Olanzapine, a thiobenzodiazepine derivate, is a recently released novel antipsychotic medication. The authors report the ยฎrst case of overdose of olanzapine in an apparent suicide attempt. A 38-year-old schizophrenic patient was brought to a hospital emergency room following the ingestion of 12 10-m
Acute overdose of zolpidem
โ Scribed by Charles L. Winek; Wagdy W. Wahba; Jennifer K. Janssen; Leon Rozin; Vida Rafizadeh
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
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