Author(s)

Abdulrahman Alalmay¹, Ali Al Bashabshe¹, Nouf Al Shamrani², Lujain Bin Othman², Musa Alfaifi², Yahya Algarni², Ahmed Awwadh², Ali Alhanash¹, Hassan Ogran¹, Khalid Sinnah², Mostafa El Razzaz³

¹King Khaled University, Abha, KSA.
²Ministry of Health, Abha, KSA.
³Internal Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Aconite poisoning has been reported in previously published literature and case reports. It may occur due to accidental consumption of aconite tubers or when it is used in medicinal preparations. In this case report we describe a case of aconite poisoning in a primary case of anxiety disorder, after use of herbal medicine. He gave history of consumption of herbal remedy with honey from folk medicine with unknown content. Our patient presented with symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, numbness and dizziness that are common symptoms of aconite poisoning. The management was mainly supportive care depending on the symptoms. Our patient recovered after 30 hours, probably due to slow elimination of the metabolites overtime. Our case represents one case where poisoning was not due to wrong consumption but due to drug-drug interaction. It is important that physicians should take drug interactions into consideration while prescribing drugs and also educate patients regarding the same.

Aconite, Herbal Medications, Poisoning, Anxiety Disorder

Alalmay, A. , Al Bashabshe, A. , Al Shamrani, N. , Othman, L. , Alfaifi, M. , Algarni, Y. , Awwadh, A. , Alhanash, A. , Ogran, H. , Sinnah, K. and El Razzaz, M. (2020) Aconite Poisoning with Good Outcome, Case Study and Literature Review. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 9, 217-222. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2020.98030.