Fatal Overdose with Amantadine Journal Articles

abstract

• The authors describe the first case report in the psychiatric literature of death from an overdose of amantadine hydrochloride used to treat neuroleptic induced extrapyramidal side effects. The pharmacology, adverse reactions and risks of using amantadine are briefly reviewed.

authors

• Cook, Peter
• Dermer, Stanley W
• Mcgurk, Terry

status

• published 

publication date

• November 1986

has subject area

• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Amantadine (MeSH)
• Drug Therapy, Combination (MeSH)
• Flupenthixol (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Psychiatry (Science Metrix)
• Schizophrenia (MeSH)
• Schizophrenic Psychology (MeSH)
• Suicide (MeSH)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Amantadine
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Flupenthixol
• Humans
• Male
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenic Psychology
• Suicide

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/070674378603100814

PubMed ID

• 3791133

start page

• 757

end page

• 758

volume

• 31

issue

• 8