Psychosis following use of proprietary antidiarrhoeal medicines.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Anticholinergic psychosis was observed to follow ingestion of proprietary antidiarrhoeal preparations by a 63-year-old woman. Possible abuse or accidental overuse of such medicines in the acutely psychotic patient should always be considered.
Medical subject headings
- Belladonna Alkaloids
- Diarrhea
- Morphine
- Psychoses, Substance-Induced