Pharmacokinetics of caffeine self-administered in overdose in a Japanese patient admitted to hospital
Abstract Background Caffeine (0.1 g) is used as a central nervous system stimulant and as a nontoxic phenotyping probe for cytochrome P450 1A2. However, an increasing number of suicide attempts by caffeine overdose have been recently reported. Case presentation A 25-year-old woman (body weight, 43 k...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40780-021-00220-z |