Q: Tricyclic antidepressant (TCAs) toxicity can cause? (select one)
A) cholinergic effects
B) anticholinergic effects
Answer: B
TCAs have anticholinergic effects and so the poisoning can cause hyperthermia, flushing, mydriasis that responds poorly to light, delirium, intestinal ileus, and urinary retention.
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References:
Lynch R. Tricyclic antidepressant overdose. Emerg Med J 2002; 19:596.
Glauser J. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning. Cleve Clin J Med 2000; 67:704.
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