Title: An Unusual Case of Rhabdomyolysis - Pheniramine Maleate over Dose
Authors: S. Pravin, R. Aswinth, S. Sudharsan
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.135
Abstract
Antihistamines are effortlessly to be had over the counter medicines, that are frequently taken in overdoses. The typical effect is observed by means of the anticholinergic outcomes of those medicines. We record a case of a suicide in a male, wherein ingestion of antihistamine pheniramine maleate will cause nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure is a hardly ever said but probably serious problem amongst sufferers who present to the emergency after intentional overdoses making early identification intervention important. We also describe the potential mechanism of muscle injury in antihistamine overdose.
Keywords: Antihistamine overdose, pheniramine maleate, rhabdomyolysis.
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