Diagnostic image (17) . Acute dystonia induced by prochlorperazine

Van Gijn, J.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 144(52): 2496

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162
PMID: 11155505
Document Number: 519088
An 11-year-old girl had a one-day history of nausea and vomiting for which her family physician prescribed 4 suppositories of prochlorperazine 25 mg. Five hours after the last dose she developed dystonic posturing; she recovered rapidly after intramuscular injection of 40 mg orphenadrine.

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