Hypoglycemia - A rare complication of carbamazepine overdose | Zendy

Kundavaram PaulPrabhakar Abhilash | Zendy; Avanish Jha | Zendy; Rini Bandhyopadhyay | Zendy; PeterJohn Victor | Zendy

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Hypoglycemia - A rare complication of carbamazepine overdose

Author(s) -

Kundavaram PaulPrabhakar Abhilash,

Avanish Jha,

Rini Bandhyopadhyay,

PeterJohn Victor

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

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.

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