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An 18-year-old woman developed somnolence, metabolic acidosis, myoclonus, mydriasis and fatal cardiac arrest after taking an overdose of cyclizine in a suicide.
The woman had underlying condition of personality disorder with history of self-mutilating behaviour and multiple previous suicide attempts. She ingested cyclizine tablets 50mg with a motive of suicide. Based on the number of recently purchased empty packages, it was assumed that she could have ingested 120 cyclizine 50mg tablets. No other medication packages were found in her immediate vicinity.
An emergency medical vehicle was called....