Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:122-123
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
A case of severe acute desipramine overdose
WT Sawyer, JL Caudill and MJ Ellison
The authors describe a patient who ingested a toxic quantity of
desipramine. His initial desipramine plasma concentration of 1627 ng/ml was
associated with generalized seizures, bradycardia, and a respiratory
arrest.
