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Case Reports
. 1983 Dec 1;129(11):1203-4.

Prolonged delirium without anticholinergic signs following amitriptyline overdose

I H Gomolin, C A Melmed
Case Reports

Prolonged delirium without anticholinergic signs following amitriptyline overdose

I H Gomolin et al. Can Med Assoc J. .

Abstract

In a case of acute intoxication with a tricyclic antidepressant (amitriptyline) delirium was prolonged without there being prominent peripheral anticholinergic or electrocardiographic signs. Administration of physostigmine, repeated when necessary, reversed the delirium.

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