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Bromism: intoxication from a rare anticonvulsant therapy
L P James1, H C Farrar, M L Griebel
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Bromide, the first effective therapy for epilepsy, is not commonly prescribed today but has been advocated by some pediatric neurologists for the treatment of intractable seizures in children. We report a 17-year-old female patient with intractable epilepsy who insidiously developed bromism while on treatment with triple bromide elixir. We review the clinical presentation, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management of bromism.