Pharmaceutical drug overdose case reports. From the world literature

All pharmaceutical drugs have the potential to be misused or wrongly administered, which can result in toxic amounts of drug being ingested. To help you keep up-to-date with the latest data on outcomes and management of overdoses, both accidental and intentional, we have selected the following case reports recently published in the world's medical literature and summarised in Reactions Weekly. Any claim of first report has been verified by a search of the Adisbase (a proprietary database of Adis International) and Medline. In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) Adverse Drug Reaction database is also searched. This database, maintained by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre in Sweden, is the largest and most comprehensive adverse drug reaction source in the world, with information obtained from the National Centres of over 70 affiliate countries. Each case report is assessed for seriousness using the FDA MedWatch definition for a serious event.