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Hallucinations in children caused by oxolamine citrate
Author(s) -
McEwen John,
Meyboom Ronald H.B.,
Thijs Irene
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136567.x
Subject(s) - pediatrics , medicine , psychiatry
Twenty reports in Australia, Belgium and The Netherlands have implicated oxolamine‐citrate cough‐mixtures as a cause of hallucinations in children of less than 10 years of age. Fever is not thought to be a likely alternative explanation. Similar reactions in older children and adults have not been reported and it is possible that the recommended doses for young children are too high. Information about the use of the drug in Australia suggests that such reactions are uncommon, but the information should be interpreted cautiously. (Med J Aust 1989, 150: 449‐452)