Write your message
Volume 8, Issue 24 (Spring 2014)                   IJT 2014, 8(24): 1034-1036 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print

Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Soltaninejad K, Ghoochani A, Mohebpour V, Shadnia S. The Report of Suicide by Ingestion of Lidocaine Topical Spray. IJT 2014; 8 (24) :1034-1036
URL: http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-310-en.html
The Report of Suicide by Ingestion of Lidocaine Topical Spray
Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam1 , Kambiz Soltaninejad , Ahmad Ghoochani1 , Vahid-Reza Mohebpour , Shahin Shadnia *2
1- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital Poison Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman Hakim Hospital Poison Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , shdanitrc@sbmu.ac.ir
Abstract:   (11718 Views)
Background: Lidocaine is a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent. There are reports on accidental and intentional cases of poisoning following injection of lidocaine while rare are the fatal cases realized after oral ingestion of lidocaine. Suicidal poisoning with lidocaine pharmaceutical formulations is rare since no pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use are available except gels and sprays used as local anesthetics in dentistry.
Cases: Three cases of suicidal poisoning by ingestion of the content of lidocaine topical spray are reported in the present study. The cases developed episodes of seizure requiring diazepam and other therapeutic modalities upon admission. Eventually, one of the cases expired.
  Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first reported case of suicidal poisoning after ingestion of this formulation which highlights the fact that lidocaine topical spray formulation may be used for committing suicide. Ingestion of lidocaine present in topical spray can induce varying levels of toxicity that can even be fatal.
Keywords: Ingestion, Lidocaine, Poisoning, Suicide, Topical Spray.
Full-Text [PDF 101 kb]   (5016 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA
Send email to the article author

Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2025 CC BY-NC 4.0 | Iranian Journal of Toxicology

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb