• Pediatric emergency care · Feb 2019

    Case Reports

    Acute Focal Dystonia After a Single Dose of Oral Cetirizine in a 9-Year-Old Boy.

    • Indar Kumar Sharawat and Lesa Dawman.
    • Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
    • Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Feb 1; 35 (2): e30-e31.

    AbstractCommon cold is an acute illness affecting pediatric population in particular. The use of antihistamines is a common practice, with cetirizine being a frequently used drug with a good safety profile. However, adverse events due to the use of antihistamines have been rarely reported, such as drug-induced dystonia with the use of cetirizine. In our present case, dystonia due to the intake of cetirizine was observed, which the patient responded well to the use of benzodiazapines, namely, clonazepam. We report this case to highlight the occurrence of this adverse event with the use of cetirizine.

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