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A 20-year-old woman developed status epilepticus and haemodynamic instability after taking a mixed overdose of paracetamol and amitriptyline [routes, dosages and time to reaction onset not stated]. Her amitriptyline cardiotoxicity was treated with lipid emulsion.
The woman was found at home exhibiting convulsions, and was in status epilepticus on arrival at an emergency department. Diazepam aborted the seizure, but cardiac monitoring revealed a wide complex rhythm. Her Glasgow...