Citation

Block SM, Dansky R, Davis MD. S. Afr. Med. J. 1977; 51(16): 553-554.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, South African Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

860184

Abstract

Lomotil is a proprietary antidiarrhoeal agent in common use. Two cases of Lomotil poisoning, one of them fatal, are described. Symptoms are those of central nervous system depression and atropinism. Treatment consists of gastric emptying, administration of specific narcotic antagonists, cathartics and activated charcoal.

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