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[Coma due to an overdose of valnoctamide]
C F Melissant1, A A Vinks, H P Sleeboom
1Ziekenhuis Leyenburg, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, 's-Gravenhage.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|April 18, 1992
Abstract:
We report a 27-year-old man, who became comatose after autopoisoning with a high dose of valnoctamide. He was mechanically ventilated for 12 hours and survived without serious side effects. Valnoctamide blood levels were monitored in order to study the pharmacokinetics of oral overdosing of this drug. Serum half-time levels appeared to be approximately 15 hours.