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diphenhydramine and Poisoning

diphenhydramine has been researched along with Poisoning in 33 studies

Diphenhydramine: A histamine H1 antagonist used as an antiemetic, antitussive, for dermatoses and pruritus, for hypersensitivity reactions, as a hypnotic, an antiparkinson, and as an ingredient in common cold preparations. It has some undesired antimuscarinic and sedative effects.
diphenhydramine : An ether that is the benzhydryl ether of 2-(dimethylamino)ethanol. It is a H1-receptor antagonist used as a antipruritic and antitussive drug.
antitussive : An agent that suppresses cough. Antitussives have a central or a peripheral action on the cough reflex, or a combination of both. Compare with expectorants, which are considered to increase the volume of secretions in the respiratory tract, so facilitating their removal by ciliary action and coughing, and mucolytics, which decrease the viscosity of mucus, facilitating its removal by ciliary action and expectoration.

Poisoning: Used with drugs, chemicals, and industrial materials for human or animal poisoning, acute or chronic, whether the poisoning is accidental, occupational, suicidal, by medication error, or by environmental exposure.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"5 g diphenhydramine), so that a central anticholinergic syndrome due to an overdose with this drug could be assumed."8.79[An anticholinergic syndrome with hallucinatory psychosis after diphenhydramine poisoning]. ( Lang, K; Müller, S; Sigusch, H, 1995)
" A related drug, dimenhydrinate, is a less frequent cause of poisonings."7.73Diphenhydramine and dimenhydrinate poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management. ( Booze, LL; Caravati, EM; Christianson, G; Chyka, PA; Erdman, AR; Keyes, DC; Manoguerra, AS; Nelson, LS; Olson, KR; Scharman, EJ; Troutman, WG; Wax, PM; Woolf, AD, 2006)
"Diphenhydramine poisoning is characterized most often by anticholinergic effects."7.68Massive diphenhydramine poisoning resulting in a wide-complex tachycardia: successful treatment with sodium bicarbonate. ( Clark, RF; Vance, MV, 1992)
"5 g diphenhydramine), so that a central anticholinergic syndrome due to an overdose with this drug could be assumed."4.79[An anticholinergic syndrome with hallucinatory psychosis after diphenhydramine poisoning]. ( Lang, K; Müller, S; Sigusch, H, 1995)
"Diphenhydramine is frequently misused and ingested recreationally for its antihistaminergic and antimuscarinic effects and is often involved in both serious and fatal poisonings, either in isolation or in combination with other xenobiotics."4.02Clinical and patient characteristics associated with severe outcome in diphenhydramine toxicity. ( Hendrickson, RG; Hughes, AR; Lin, A, 2021)
"A 13-month-old male who ingested 20 diphenhydramine (25 mg) tablets presented with seizures and ultimately progressed to status epilepticus and wide-complex tachycardia."3.77Survival after diphenhydramine ingestion with hemodialysis in a toddler. ( Hendrickson, RG; Horowitz, BZ; McKeown, NJ; West, PL, 2011)
"Diphenhydramine overdose in one of the frequent reported causes of acute poisoning."3.73QT interval prolongation in diphenhydramine toxicity. ( Aslam, AF; Aslam, AK; Khan, IA; Sacchi, TJ; Thakur, AC; Vasavada, BC, 2005)
" The practical use of the T(M) values as a support to distinguish between different metabolites in the HPLC-DAD analysis of intoxications is demonstrated with cases of poisoning with diphenhydramine, propafenone and methaqualone."3.69Shift of the high-performance liquid chromatographic retention times of metabolites in relation to the original drug on an RP8 column with acidic mobile phase. ( Herre, S; Pragst, F, 1997)
"Diphenhydramine poisoning is characterized most often by anticholinergic effects."3.68Massive diphenhydramine poisoning resulting in a wide-complex tachycardia: successful treatment with sodium bicarbonate. ( Clark, RF; Vance, MV, 1992)
"Diphenhydramine exposure was by ingestion for 581 (93."1.43Diphenhydramine exposure in dogs: 621 cases (2008-2013). ( Dorman, DC; Wismer, TA; Worth, AC, 2016)
" The interpretation of blood methadone concentrations alone or combined with other psychoactive drugs requires consideration of the subject's potential chronic use of and tolerance to the drug."1.34Methadone toxicity fatalities: a review of medical examiner cases in a large metropolitan area. ( Corey, TS; Hunsaker Iii, JC; Shields, LB; Stewart, D; Ward, MK, 2007)
"She presented with opisthotonus, ataxia, and bidirectional nystagmus."1.30Dystonic reaction associated with dextromethorphan ingestion in a toddler. ( Diekema, DS; Robertson, WO; Warden, CR, 1997)
"Of 233 charts coded as involving seizures, 191 occurred in humans and were available for analysis."1.29Seizures associated with poisoning and drug overdose. ( Benowitz, NL; Blanc, PD; Dyer, JE; Kearney, TE; Olson, KR, 1993)

Research

Studies (33)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19907 (21.21)18.7374
1990's11 (33.33)18.2507
2000's7 (21.21)29.6817
2010's6 (18.18)24.3611
2020's2 (6.06)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Mehrpour, O1
Hoyte, C1
Delva-Clark, H1
Al Masud, A1
Biswas, A1
Schimmel, J1
Nakhaee, S1
Goss, F1
Hughes, AR1
Lin, A1
Hendrickson, RG2
Worth, AC1
Wismer, TA1
Dorman, DC1
Donkor, J1
Armenian, P1
Hartman, IN1
Vohra, R1
Gosselin, S1
Hoegberg, LC1
Hoffman, RS1
Graudins, A1
Stork, CM1
Thomas, SH1
Stellpflug, SJ1
Hayes, BD1
Levine, M1
Morris, M1
Nesbitt-Miller, A1
Turgeon, AF1
Bailey, B1
Calello, DP1
Chuang, R1
Bania, TC1
Mégarbane, B1
Bhalla, A1
Lavergne, V1
Kimlin, EJ1
Easter, JS1
Ganetsky, M1
McKeown, NJ1
West, PL1
Horowitz, BZ1
Carstairs, SD1
Schneir, AB1
HUXTABLE, RF1
LANDWIRTH, J1
Englert, I1
Thakur, AC1
Aslam, AK1
Aslam, AF1
Vasavada, BC1
Sacchi, TJ1
Khan, IA1
Scharman, EJ1
Erdman, AR1
Wax, PM1
Chyka, PA1
Caravati, EM1
Nelson, LS1
Manoguerra, AS1
Christianson, G1
Olson, KR2
Woolf, AD1
Keyes, DC1
Booze, LL1
Troutman, WG1
Pragst, F3
Herre, S2
Bakdash, A1
Shields, LB1
Hunsaker Iii, JC1
Corey, TS1
Ward, MK1
Stewart, D1
Lang, K1
Sigusch, H1
Müller, S1
Lindsay, CA1
Williams, GD1
Levin, DL1
Viertel, A1
Sachunsky, I1
Wolf, G1
Blaser, C1
Nash, W1
Kearney, TE1
Dyer, JE1
Benowitz, NL1
Blanc, PD1
Agarwal, SK1
Tiwari, SC1
Dash, SC1
Savaloja, J1
Warden, CR1
Diekema, DS1
Robertson, WO1
Sporkert, F1
Hestand, HE1
Teske, DW1
Clark, RF1
Vance, MV1
Cobbs, LW1
Kuznetsova, NI1
Jones, J1
Dougherty, J1
Cannon, L1
Deutsch, DG1
Bergert, RJ1
Döring, G1
Berg, S1
Ruedy, J1

Reviews

3 reviews available for diphenhydramine and Poisoning

ArticleYear
Evidence-based recommendations on the use of intravenous lipid emulsion therapy in poisoning
    Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2016, Volume: 54, Issue:10

    Topics: Administration, Intravenous; Anesthetics; Animals; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cocaine; Diphenhydramin

2016
[Current topics and problems in toxicology laboratories--7: Occurrence of poisoning due to 15 chemicals and introduction of analytical methods for diphenhydramine and SSRIs].
    Chudoku kenkyu : Chudoku Kenkyukai jun kikanshi = The Japanese journal of toxicology, 2010, Volume: 23, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetaminophen; Benzodiazepines; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Diphenhydramine; Gas Chromatog

2010
[An anticholinergic syndrome with hallucinatory psychosis after diphenhydramine poisoning].
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1995, Dec-08, Volume: 120, Issue:49

    Topics: Adult; Combined Modality Therapy; Diagnosis, Differential; Diphenhydramine; Drug Overdose; Emergenci

1995

Other Studies

30 other studies available for diphenhydramine and Poisoning

ArticleYear
Classification of acute poisoning exposures with machine learning models derived from the National Poison Data System.
    Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 2022, Volume: 131, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetaminophen; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aspirin; Benzodiazepines; Bupropion; Calc

2022
Clinical and patient characteristics associated with severe outcome in diphenhydramine toxicity.
    Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2021, Volume: 59, Issue:10

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Databases, Factual; Diphenhydra

2021
Diphenhydramine exposure in dogs: 621 cases (2008-2013).
    Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2016, Jul-01, Volume: 249, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Allergic Agents; Diphenhydramine; Dog Diseases; Dogs; Female; Illinois; Male; Poison C

2016
Analysis of Gastric Lavage Reported to a Statewide Poison Control System.
    The Journal of emergency medicine, 2016, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetaminophen; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal;

2016
A 46-year-old woman with altered mental status and garbled speech.
    The Journal of emergency medicine, 2009, Volume: 37, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetaminophen; Acetylcysteine; Diagnosis, Differential; Diphenhydramine; Electrocardiography; Female

2009
Survival after diphenhydramine ingestion with hemodialysis in a toddler.
    Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology, 2011, Volume: 7, Issue:2

    Topics: Diphenhydramine; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Infant; Injections, Intramuscular; Male; Midazolam

2011
Images in clinical medicine. Opsoclonus due to diphenhydramine poisoning.
    The New England journal of medicine, 2010, Dec-30, Volume: 363, Issue:27

    Topics: Diphenhydramine; Female; Humans; Ocular Motility Disorders; Poisoning; Young Adult

2010
DIPHENHYDRAMINE POISONING TREATED BY EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION.
    American journal of diseases of children (1960), 1963, Volume: 106

    Topics: Diphenhydramine; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Electrocardiography; Electroenceph

1963
[Diphenhydramin-overdose: anticholinergic symptoms, EEG-findings in the course and drug treatment of a gerontopsychiatric patient].
    Psychiatrische Praxis, 2004, Volume: 31 Suppl 1

    Topics: Aged; Brain; Cholinergic Antagonists; Dementia; Depressive Disorder; Diphenhydramine; Drug Therapy,

2004
QT interval prolongation in diphenhydramine toxicity.
    International journal of cardiology, 2005, Feb-15, Volume: 98, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Diphenhydramine; Heart Conduction System; Histamine H1 Antagonists; Humans; Male; Poison

2005
Diphenhydramine and dimenhydrinate poisoning: an evidence-based consensus guideline for out-of-hospital management.
    Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2006, Volume: 44, Issue:3

    Topics: Age Factors; Ambulatory Care; Dimenhydrinate; Diphenhydramine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Eme

2006
Poisonings with diphenhydramine--a survey of 68 clinical and 55 death cases.
    Forensic science international, 2006, Sep-12, Volume: 161, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Acetates; Adult; Aged, 80 and over; Benzhydryl Compounds; Child Abuse; Child, Preschool; Chromatogra

2006
Methadone toxicity fatalities: a review of medical examiner cases in a large metropolitan area.
    Journal of forensic sciences, 2007, Volume: 52, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Antidepressive Agents; Benzodiazepines; Cannabinoids; Coroners and Medical Examin

2007
Fatal adult respiratory distress syndrome after diphenhydramine toxicity in a child: a case report.
    Critical care medicine, 1995, Volume: 23, Issue:4

    Topics: Child, Preschool; Diphenhydramine; Female; Humans; Poisoning; Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1995
Treatment of diphenhydramine intoxication with haemoperfusion.
    Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 1994, Volume: 9, Issue:9

    Topics: Adult; Diphenhydramine; Hemoperfusion; Humans; Male; Poisoning; Rhabdomyolysis

1994
Treating diphenhydramine overdose.
    Nursing, 1994, Volume: 24, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Diphenhydramine; Female; Humans; Poisoning; Suicide, Attempted

1994
Seizures associated with poisoning and drug overdose.
    The American journal of emergency medicine, 1993, Volume: 11, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Caus

1993
Spectrum of poisoning requiring haemodialysis in a tertiary care hospital in India.
    The International journal of artificial organs, 1993, Volume: 16, Issue:1

    Topics: Barbiturates; Copper; Copper Sulfate; Diphenhydramine; Drug Combinations; Ethylene Dibromide; Humans

1993
Diphenhydramine hydrochloride helps symptoms of ciguatera fish poisoning.
    Journal of emergency nursing, 1996, Volume: 22, Issue:5

    Topics: Anti-Allergic Agents; Ciguatera Poisoning; Diphenhydramine; Humans; Micronesia; Poisoning

1996
Shift of the high-performance liquid chromatographic retention times of metabolites in relation to the original drug on an RP8 column with acidic mobile phase.
    Journal of chromatography. B, Biomedical sciences and applications, 1997, Apr-25, Volume: 692, Issue:1

    Topics: Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Diphenhydramine; Humans; Methaqualone; Pharmaceutical Preparat

1997
Dystonic reaction associated with dextromethorphan ingestion in a toddler.
    Pediatric emergency care, 1997, Volume: 13, Issue:3

    Topics: Antidotes; Antitussive Agents; Ataxia; Child, Preschool; Dextromethorphan; Diphenhydramine; Dystonia

1997
Use of headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) in hair analysis for organic compounds.
    Forensic science international, 2000, Jan-10, Volume: 107, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Cannabinoids; Chlormethiazole; Diphenhydramine; Gas Chromatography

2000
Diphenhydramine hydrochloride intoxication.
    The Journal of pediatrics, 1977, Volume: 90, Issue:6

    Topics: Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Diphenhydramine; Humans; Infant; Male; Poisoning

1977
Massive diphenhydramine poisoning resulting in a wide-complex tachycardia: successful treatment with sodium bicarbonate.
    Annals of emergency medicine, 1992, Volume: 21, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Alcohol Drinking; Bicarbonates; Blood Gas Analysis; Charcoal; Diphenhydramine; Electroca

1992
Shakes and flashes in a relapsed alcoholic.
    Hospital practice (Office ed.), 1992, Oct-30, Volume: 27, Issue:10A

    Topics: Alcoholic Intoxication; Chlordiazepoxide; Diphenhydramine; Drug Overdose; Hallucinations; Humans; Ma

1992
[Thin-layer chromatography in the rapid diagnosis of acute drug poisoning in children].
    Laboratornoe delo, 1985, Issue:8

    Topics: Adolescent; Aminopyrine; Atropine; Barbiturates; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromatography, Thin Layer

1985
Diphenhydramine-induced toxic psychosis.
    The American journal of emergency medicine, 1986, Volume: 4, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Diphenhydramine; Humans; Male; Poisoning; Psychoses, Substance-Induced; Suicide, Attempted

1986
Evaluation of a benchtop capillary gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer for clinical toxicology.
    Clinical chemistry, 1985, Volume: 31, Issue:5

    Topics: Diphenhydramine; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Humans; Hypnotic

1985
[The detection of bromoureide-poisoning in skeletal finds (author's transl)].
    Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin. Journal of legal medicine, 1974, Mar-29, Volume: 74, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Bone and Bones; Bromides; Diphenhydramine; Female; Forensic Medicine; Germany, We

1974
Acute drug poisoning in the adult.
    Canadian Medical Association journal, 1973, Oct-06, Volume: 109, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Amphetamine; Antidepressive Agents; Cocaine; Diazepam; Diphenhydramine; Diuresis; Emergency S

1973