Asymptomatic QTc prolongation associated with quetiapine fumarate overdose in a patient being treated with risperidone.

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Beelen AP, Yeo KT, Lewis LD

Asymptomatic QTc prolongation associated with quetiapine fumarate overdose in a patient being treated with risperidone.

Hum Exp Toxicol. 2001 Apr;20(4):215-9. doi: 10.1191/096032701678766778.

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We report a patient who ingested a 2000-mg overdose of quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel). Her maintenance medications also included risperidone, venlafaxine, topiramate, and clonazepam. On presentation, she was drowsy, but had no other significant CNS signs and no cardiac symptoms or abnormal physical signs. Approximately 2 h after the quetiapine ingestion, an electrocardiogram (ECG) showed normal sinus rhythm at 95 beats/min with a corrected QT (QTc) interval of 537 ms (upper limit of normal = 440 ms). Plasma quetiapine concentration at that time was 1800 ng/ml. Continuous ECG monitoring for the subsequent 18 h did not reveal any episode of ventricular tachycardia. A 12-lead ECG 18 h post-overdose was normal with a QTc interval of 401 ms and the corresponding plasma quetiapine concentration was 160 ng/ml. She made an uneventful medical recovery from the toxic ingestion. This case suggests that when patients overdose on quetiapine while taking therapeutic doses of risperidone, such overdoses, even if not massive, can cause considerable QTc interval prolongation. We recommend that quetiapine overdose patients undergo continuous ECG monitoring for 12-18 h post-ingestion.

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