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Author(s)
Çiğdem Çolak1, Elif Elibol2, Türkan Demir3 and Bijen Kıvçak3
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DOI:10.17265/1548-6648/2018.01.004
Affiliation(s)
1. Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir 35180, Turkey
2. Gaziemir Nevvar Salih İşgören Public Hospital, Izmir 35410, Turkey
3. Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ege, Izmir 35040, Turkey
ABSTRACT
The use of herbal medicine has existed since the beginning of human
history and interest in alternative medicine has increased in the last two
decades. The use of these methods has increased in treatment. Drug interaction,
toxicity, overdose and side effects are also increasing. There are many
physiological changes that can affect the pharmacokinetics of herbal medicine
in older people. Due to these changes, side effects and intoxications are
observed in the geriatric patients. Cinnamon is
spasmolytic activity, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic
properties. The use of overdose is indicated to cause agitation, hypoglycemia,
tachycardia, to increase the level of the used coumarin and abortion,
tachycardia and arrhythmia in pregnancy. In this article, we report a case of
woman. The patient is a 76-year-old female patient admitted to emergency
service for nausea, cold sweating, palpitations, trembling. She has
hypoglycemia, agitation and tachycardia. She poisoned cinnamon and honey
mixture. In this study, the clinical and laboratory findings of the acute case
due to depletion of overdose cinnamon (Cortex Cinnamomi cassiae) were presented
in the light of literature information.
KEYWORDS
Geriatric patient, cinnamon, hypoglycemia, tachycardia, agitation.
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