Decongestant-induced hypertensive crisis

Patients often consider over-the-counter (OTC) medication safe and innocuous. However, taking extra doses, presumably for enhanced effectiveness, can present serious consequences. This case report describes a young woman with hypertensive crisis following a nonsuicidal overdose of Contac.C. The safe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian family physician 1993-02, Vol.39, p.375-381
1. Verfasser:	Backlin, S A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Blood pressure Charcoal - therapeutic use Chlorpheniramine - poisoning Drug Overdose Drug Therapy, Combination Drugs Emergency Medicine Female Humans Hypertension - chemically induced Hypertension - diagnosis Hypertension - therapy Nifedipine - therapeutic use Nonprescription Drugs - poisoning Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Phenylpropanolamine - poisoning Physiological aspects
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Zusammenfassung:	Patients often consider over-the-counter (OTC) medication safe and innocuous. However, taking extra doses, presumably for enhanced effectiveness, can present serious consequences. This case report describes a young woman with hypertensive crisis following a nonsuicidal overdose of Contac.C. The safety of its main constituent, phenylpropanolamine (PPA), has been debated in the literature, with some calls for stricter regulation and the drug's removal from OTC availability.
ISSN:	0008-350X 1715-5258