Citation

Cook PE, Dermer SW, McGurk T. Can. J. Psychiatry 1986; 31(8): 757-758.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3791133

Abstract

The authors describe the first case report in the psychiatric literature of death from an overdose of amantadine hydrochloride used to treat neuroleptic induced extrapyramidal side effects. The pharmacology, adverse reactions and risks of using amantadine are briefly reviewed.

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