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Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 8 Number 4, October 2001
Abstract
Overdose of Dologesic with a fatal outcome: a case report
CY Man
Dologesic is a commonly prescribed analgesic in accident and emergency department. Yet report of
overdose with this drug is not common. We report a case in which the patient developed cardiac
arrest within an hour of ingestion. Dextropropoxyphene, a component of the drug Dologesic, used to
be a common cause of fatalities after drug overdose in the seventies. It is highly toxic in overdose
and therefore caution should be exercised when prescribing this drug. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med.
2001;8:207-211)
Keywords : Arrthmias, cardiac arrest, dextropropoxyphene, naloxone, sodium bicarbonate
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