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Pain Relief for a Presumed Accidental Use of Haloperidol

Yanlışlıkla Analjezik Amaçlı Kullanılan Haloperidol

Pages
203–205
Publication Date
2015-04-28
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Herein we would like to emphasise that the dystonia might be misdiagnosed as convulsion in emergency rooms and phonetic similarities of the brand names of the drugs may mislead the physician and cause for delay of the appropriate therapy, so to ask the family about the ingestion of drugs that are ended with "-dol" (EndolTM, indomethacine) for differential diagnosis.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Haloperidol is a typical antipsychotic drug, that is frequently used in psychosis, Tourette syndrome and severe agitations and has anticholinergic effects and extrapyramidal signs in case of intoxication.
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Key Findings & Data:The present paper reports a case of hemidystonia and green color vision caused by mistaken haloperidol ingestion as an analgesic agent in a 12 years old boy.
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Conclusion & Impact:Herein we would like to emphasise that the dystonia might be misdiagnosed as convulsion in emergency rooms and phonetic similarities of the brand names of the drugs may mislead the physician and cause for delay of the appropriate therapy, so to ask the family about the ingestion of drugs that are ended with "-dol" (EndolTM, indomethacine) for differential diagnosis.
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⚙️Variables:Analjezik · distoni · haloperidol

Abstract

Haloperidol is a typical antipsychotic drug, that is frequently used in psychosis, Tourette syndrome and severe agitations and has anticholinergic effects and extrapyramidal signs in case of intoxication. The present paper reports a case of hemidystonia and green color vision caused by mistaken haloperidol ingestion as an analgesic agent in a 12 years old boy. Herein we would like to emphasise that the dystonia might be misdiagnosed as convulsion in emergency rooms and phonetic similarities of the brand names of the drugs may mislead the physician and cause for delay of the appropriate therapy, so to ask the family about the ingestion of drugs that are ended with "-dol" (EndolTM, indomethacine) for differential diagnosis.

Özet

Haloperidol, psikoz, Tourette Sendromu ve ağır ajitasyonlarda sıkça kullanılan ve intoksikasyon durumunda antikolinerjik etkiler ve ekstrapiramidal belirtilerin görülebildiği tipik antipsikotik bir ilaçtır. Babası tarafından ağrı kesici olarak bir adet haloperidol (©Nörodol 20 mg) tablet verildikten 8 saat sonra intoksikasyon bulguları (yeşil renkli görme ve hemidistoni) ortaya çıkan 12 yaşındaki erkek hastayı bildiriyoruz. Biz bu olgumuzla, distoninin yanlışlıkla konvülziyon olarak değerlendirilebileceğini ve haloperidolün tek dozunda bile intoksikasyon belirtilerinin ortaya çıkabileceğini, ayrıca piyasada bulunan ve hastanın anamnezini alan hekimi yanıltabilecek sonu '–dol' ile biten ağrı kesicilerle (©Endol vb.) son ek olarak isim benzerliği gösteren haloperidolün (©Nörodol) acil değerlendirme gereken durumlarda karışıklıklara yol açabileceğini vurgulamak istedik.

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GÜVEN, A., KAYA, A., OFLAZ, M., BOLAT, F., AYGÜNEŞ, U., DUKSAL, F., İÇAĞASIOĞLU, F. (2015). Pain Relief for a Presumed Accidental Use of Haloperidol. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 3, 203–205. https://ajindex.com/articles/775565

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