Dystonic Reactions in Children Caused by Metoclopramide
- 1 February 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 45 (239), 130-133
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.45.239.130
Abstract
Five cases of alarming dystonic reactions are reported in children receiving a normal dosage of metoclopramide, a new anti-emetic drug. The symptomatology consisted mainly of neck pain, torticollis, retrocollis, oculogyric crisis, and trismus, and patients were admitted with presumed diagnoses of encephalitis, meningitis, and tetanus. After discontinuing the drug, all symptoms disappeared completely.Keywords
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