Antihistaminic Induced Febrile Seizure – An Important association: a Case report
Keywords:
antihistamine, histamine H1 antagonist, febrile seizures
Abstract
The histamine H1 receptor antagonist (antihistamines) are an important class of commonly used medications for the relief of symptoms associated with common cough and cold occurring in children . We report two cases of antihistaminic induced febrile seizure in children below five year. We consider importance of reporting such cases in view of their common usage and propensity to provoke seizure in susceptible children.
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5. Yokoyama H, Onodera K, Maeyama K, Yanai K, Iinuma K, Tuomisto L, Watanabe T. Histamine levels and clonic convulsions of electrically-induced seizure in mice: the effects of fluoromethylhistidine and metoprine. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol.1992 July;346(1):40–45.
6. Fujii Y, Tanaka T, Harada C, Hirai T, Kamei C. Epileptogenic activity induced by histamine H1 antagonists in amygdala-kindled rats. Brain Res. 2003 Nov;991(12):258–61. [PubMed]
7. Murphy K, Delanty N. Drug-induced seizures: general principles in assessment, management and prevention. CNS Drugs. 2000 Aug;14(2):135–46.
8. Ten Eick AP, Blumer JL, Reed MD. Safety of antihistamines in children. Drug Saf. 2001;24(2):119–47. [PubMed]
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12. Takano T, Sakaue Y, Sokoda T, Akabori S, Maruo Y, Taga T, Ohno M, Takeuchi Y. Seizure susceptibility due to antihistamines in febrile seizures. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Apr;42(4):277–79. [PubMed]
13. Kulkarni R, Valvi C, Kinikar A. Seizure susceptibility due to antihistamines in febrile seizures. Pediatr Neurol. 2010 Oct;43(4):303.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2013.i04.11
Published: 2013-10-31
How to Cite
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Patel U, Patel N, Jain R, Ratre B. Antihistaminic Induced Febrile Seizure – An Important association: a Case report. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2013Oct.31 [cited 2024Dec.23];1(4):216-9. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/35
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