Open AccessOverdose of Dologesic with a Fatal Outcome: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Man CY
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/102490790100800404
Subject(s) - medicine , propoxyphene , drug overdose , emergency department , drug , intensive care medicine , analgesic , ingestion , emergency medicine , accident and emergency , medical emergency , drug intoxication , anesthesia , poison control , pharmacology , psychiatry
Dologesic is a commonly prescribed analgesic in accident and emergency department. Yet report of overdose with this drug is not common. We report a case in which the patient developed cardiac arrest within an hour of ingestion. Dextropropoxyphene, a component of the drug Dologesic, used to be a common cause of fatalities after drug overdose in the seventies. It is highly toxic in overdose and therefore caution should be exercised when prescribing this drug.