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A Case of Trazodone Overdose Successfully Rescued With Lipid Emulsion Therapy
Roger Taylor1, Joshua Burg1, Jeff Mullen1
1Emergency Medicine, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, USA.
Abstract:
Trazodone is a very common medication prescribed to patients who suffer from insomnia. The toxic effects of trazodone remain ill-defined with no current known antidote therapy. Lipid emulsion therapy has been described as general rescue therapy in toxicology. Unfortunately, only select substance overdoses respond to lipid emulsion therapy. The authors present a unique application of lipid emulsion therapy in a post-cardiac arrest situation involving a trazodone overdose.
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