[New aspects of chlorprothixen-poisoning (author's transl)]

Over the past 8 years the Poison Information Centre of Vienna was confronted 24 times with acute chlorproxithene (CPTX) poisoning. In adults doses of 2 g and more caused severe intoxication, but serious toxic manifestations were observed already at low dosage in children (after the ingestion of less than 5 mg/kg body weight). In one case unexpected death due to cardiac failure occurred as long as 49 hours after CPTX intake. The favorable outcome in one patient treated with gut, as well as gastric lavage indicates that this therapeutic strategy may be of value in the management of CPTX intoxication.