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Paradoxic excitation with diphenhydramine in an adult
K L Cheng1, P N Dwyer, G W Amsden
1Department of Pharmacy, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, New York 13326, USA.
Pharmacotherapy
|December 17, 1997
Abstract:
Although paradoxic excitation may rarely occur in children and adults with conventional dosages of antihistamines, few case reports have appeared in the literature. We cared for a 46-year-old patient who became extremely agitated after receiving a dose of intravenous diphenhydramine.