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Overdosage ‐ The rise and fall of tricyclic antidepressanls
Author(s) -
BROWN T.C.K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1975.tb02317.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , medical prescription , tricyclic , tricyclic antidepressant , enuresis , pediatrics , antidepressant , anesthesia , pharmacology , physics , hippocampus , optics
The incidence of tricydic antidepressant overdosage increased dramatically when these drugs were added to the N.H.S. Pharmaceutical Benefit List. The incidence has declined since the advent of safety packaging, despite an increase in the prescription rate. Most patients ingested tablets prescribed for their mothers or themselves ‐ an alarming number of the latter being prescribed for enuresis in children under 5 years old. 77% of patients were under 5 years of age.