Tricyclic antidepressant overdose epidemiology and demographics
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Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Studies in the 1990s in Australia and the United Kingdom showed that between 8 and 12% of drug overdoses were following TCA ingestion. TCAs may be involved in up to 33% of all fatal poisonings, second only to analgesics.[1][2] Another study reported 95% of deaths from antidepressants in England and Wales between 1993 and 1997 were associated with tricyclic antidepressants, particularly dothiepin and amitriptyline. It was determined there were 5.3 deaths per 100,000 prescriptions.[3] Sodium channel blockers such as Dilantin should not be used in the treatment of TCA overdose as the Na+ blockade will increase the QTI.
References
References
- ↑ Thomas S, Bevan L, Bhattacharyya S, Bramble M, Chew K, Connolly J, Dorani B, Han K, Horner J, Rodgers A, Sen B, Tesfayohannes B, Wynne H, Bateman D (1996). “Presentation of poisoned patients to accident and emergency departments in the north of England”. Hum Exp Toxicol. 15 (6): 466–70. doi:10.1177/096032719601500602. PMID 8793528.
- ↑ Buckley N, Whyte I, Dawson A, McManus P, Ferguson N (1995). “Self-poisoning in Newcastle, 1987-1992”. Med J Aust. 162 (4): 190–3. PMID 7877540.
- ↑ Shah R, Uren Z, Baker A, Majeed A (2001). “Deaths from antidepressants in England and Wales 1993-1997: analysis of a new national database”. Psychol Med. 31 (7): 1203–10. PMID 11681546. Unknown parameter
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