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Nevirapine overdosage
Introduction
Overdosage
Overdosage
There is no known antidote for nevirapine overdosage. Cases of immediate-release VIRAMUNE overdose at doses ranging from 800 to 1800 mg per day for up to 15 days have been reported. Patients have experienced events including edema, erythema nodosum, fatigue, fever, headache, insomnia, nausea, pulmonary infiltrates, rash, vertigo, vomiting and weight decrease. All events subsided following discontinuation of immediate-release VIRAMUNE.[1]
References
References
- ↑ “VIRAMUNE (NEVIRAPINE) TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE [BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.]”. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.
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