Open AccessHypoglycemia - A rare complication of carbamazepine overdose
Author(s) -
Avanish Jha,
Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash,
Rini Bandhyopadhyay,
Peter John Victor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.144941
Subject(s) - carbamazepine , medicine , hypoglycemia , anesthesia , complication , ataxia , tachycardia , ingestion , ventricular tachycardia , pediatrics , epilepsy , surgery , insulin , psychiatry
Carbamazepine overdose usually presents with neurological manifestations such as ataxia, seizures and altered sensorium or cardiac manifestations that include tachycardia, hypotension and ventricular extra-systoles. We report a patient with carbamazepine overdose who manifested recurrent hypoglycemia on the third and fourth day following ingestion that resolved with supportive therapy.