Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine &Toxicology

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

Prolonged hypotension – An unusual complication following nitrazepam overdose

  • Author:
  • Kiran Gopinath, Margaret Rose, G. Vijayan
  • Total Page Count: 1
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 29 to 29

Department of Medicine, P.N.M. Hospital, Kattakada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 695 572.

*Corresponding address: Kiran Gopinath, Consultant Physician, P.N.M. Hospital, Killy, Kattakada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 572, Ph.: +919349354470, e-mail: kirangopinathpanicker@rediffmail.com

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Abstract

Nitrazepam is a long acting benzodiazepine which has been used for insomnia as well as for anxiety states. The common side effects are drowsiness and respiratory depression. We report a case of severe prolonged hypotension requiring ionotropic support following nitrazepam overdose.