Coma due to an overdose of valnoctamide
Melissant, C.F.; Vinks, A.A.; Sleeboom, H.P.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 136(16): 793-794
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 1349428 Document Number: 390619
We report a 27-year-old man, who became comatose after autopoisoning with a high dose of valnoctamide. He was mechanically ventilated for 12 hours and survived without serious side effects. Valnoctamide blood levels were monitored in order to study the pharmacokinetics of oral overdosing of this drug. Serum half-time levels appeared to be approximately 15 hours.