Suicide attempt with clopidogrel

We report the case of a 49-year-old male who took an overdose of 1650 mg of clopidogrel with suicidal intend. The patient developed abnormalities of platelet aggregation, but never developed symptoms. Clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed drug. Reports of overdose of clopidogrel were very rarely repo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Human & experimental toxicology 2006-12, Vol.25 (12), p.731-734
Hauptverfasser:	Kocabay, G, Okçular, I, Akkaya, V, Güler, Kerim
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Case studies Drug intoxications. Doping Drug Overdose Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Platelet Aggregation - drug effects Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - poisoning Platelet Function Tests Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Suicide Suicide, Attempted Suicides & suicide attempts Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives Ticlopidine - poisoning Toxicology
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the case of a 49-year-old male who took an overdose of 1650 mg of clopidogrel with suicidal intend. The patient developed abnormalities of platelet aggregation, but never developed symptoms. Clopidogrel is a commonly prescribed drug. Reports of overdose of clopidogrel were very rarely reported in the literature.
ISSN:	0960-3271 1477-0903
DOI:	10.1177/0960327106073794