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Menthol Toxicity: An Unusual Cause of Coma

Author(s) -

Motaz Baibars,

Simona Eng,

Khaldoon Shaheen,

Abdul Hamid Alraiyes,

M. Chadi Alraies

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/187039

Subject(s) - menthol , medicine , toxicity , coma (optics) , food and drug administration , drug , dermatology , pharmacology , anesthesia , toxicology , biology , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consider menthol an effective substance, which help in common cold symptoms and labeled to have low toxicity profile. Direct exposure to high menthol amount has been reported in animal; but no studies have been done to show the effect of menthol on long-term use in humans. Up to our knowledge we are reporting a rare case of chronic exposure to significant amount of menthol associated with cutaneous, gastrointestinal and neurological manifestations.

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