Open AccessSevere brimonidine eye drop intoxication in a neonate as an accidental oral ingestion
Author(s) -
Musa Silahlı
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of advanced pediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2689-9817
DOI - 10.29328/journal.japch.1001044
Subject(s) - brimonidine , eye drop , medicine , ingestion , accidental poisoning , anesthesia , glaucoma , pediatrics , ophthalmology , poison control , medical emergency , injury prevention
Brimonidine tartrate eye drops are a topical agent used to treat glaucoma in children over 2 years of age and adults. It is banned for children younger than 2 years of age because post-marketing studies have shown serious side effects. Colic is common in infants, which worries parents. And parents often use herbal and chemical medicines to solve this problem. We present a 12-day-old newborn with brimonidine eye drop intoxication, in which the drug was mistakenly administered orally to treat the colic problem.