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Trazodone hydrochloride overdose

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Alternative names Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms	Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis)

Alternative names

Desyrel; Deprax; Molipaxin; Thrombran; Trittico

Definition Return to top

This is poisoning from an overdose of trazodone (Trazon).

Poisonous Ingredient Return to top

trazodone

Where Found Return to top

Desyrel

Symptoms Return to top

body as a whole
- fainting
- chest pain
- convulsions
- priapism (involuntary sustained erection)
respiratory
- difficulty breathing (breathing may stop completely)
heart and blood vessels
- irregular heartbeat
- slow heart rate
- low blood pressure
nervous system
- drowsiness
- dizziness
- headache
- insomnia
- coma

Home Treatment Return to top

Standard procedure is to induce vomiting unless the patient is unconscious or experiencing convulsions. Before inducing vomiting, contact Poison Control for verification.

Before Calling Emergency Return to top

Determine the following information:

the patient's age, weight, and condition
the name of the product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
the time it was swallowed
the amount swallowed
if the medication was prescribed for the patient

Poison Control, or a local emergency number Return to top

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room Return to top

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

Induce vomiting.
Administer activated charcoal.
Administer a laxative.
Use gastric lavage.
Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis) Return to top

Death can result from an overdose but is rare. Heart and respiratory problems are also rare.

Update Date: 1/29/2004

Updated by: Cherlin Johnson, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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