Risks of increasing the dosage or overdosing are:
Treatment in case of over dosage:
- Tinnitus
- Distortion of taste
- Twitching and extreme effects such as seizures, coma and respiratory and cardiovascular depression
- High blood plasma concentration
- Blurred/double vision
- Anxiety, excitation, restlessness, increased perspiration and/or cardiac arrest
- Extreme and rare case of death
Treatment in case of over dosage:
- Provide adequate ventilation with oxygen and mechanic ventilation if patient is unconcious
- If pulse rate if less than 40, an external cardiac massage should be instituted
- Treat mild reactions with 25-50 mg of Benadryl
- Treat serious reactions with 0.3 mL of Epinephrine