Letter: Poisoning with slow-release fenfluramine.

Treatment of severe poisoning with slow release theophylline.

[Voluntary lithium salt poisoning; risks of slow release forms].

Lithium carbonate has been an invaluable drug in the treatment of manic-depressive illness. At the present time slow-release forms are available for better stability of circulating drug level with one daily take. However the better stability of lithiemia with these forms has to be balanced with a higher toxic risk in cases of lithium carbonate overdose because of continuous release. We report t...

Poisoning with sustained release potassium.

Slow Repetitive Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Acute Organophosphorus Poisoning after Clinical Recovery

Background: Prolonged inhibition of acetylcholine esterase may lead to the intermediate syndrome. Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) dysfunction has been shown with repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS). Subclinical NMJ dysfunction may also occur. We aimed to examine the NMJ function following acute organophosphorus (OP) poisoning by using exercise modified slow RNS. Methods: A cohort study was conducte...

Nocturnal asthma: slow-release terbutaline versus slow-release theophylline therapy.

In a double-blind cross-over study, the effects of slow release (S-R) terbutaline tablets (b.i.d. 0.25 mg/kg per day) and S-R theophylline (5.31 mg/kg morning and 10.62 mg/kg evening) were compared in eleven patients with nocturnal asthma. On day seven of each treatment period, drug serum concentrations and peak expiratory flow (PEF) were measured every 2h over a 24-h period. During daytime, te...