Citation

Kalyanam B, Narayana S, Kamarthy P. Toxicol. Int. 2013; 20(2): 189-191.

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Society of Toxicology India)

DOI

10.4103/0971-6580.117270

PMID

24082514

PMCID

PMC3783687

Abstract

Organophosphorous (OP) compound poisoning is one of the most common causes for admission to the Medical Intensive Care Unit. The morbidity and mortality associated with OP poisoning is due to the action of the compound at the muscarinic, nicotinic receptors, and the central nervous system. Here is a rare case of extrapyramidal manifestations occurring in the intermediate phase of OP poisoning, use of amantidine led to subsiding of the symptoms.

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