Jin bu huan toxicity in children--Colorado, 1993.

Abstract

The consumption of traditional ethnic remedies can have adverse health effects, especially among children. Life-threatening bradycardia with rapid onset and central nervous system (CNS) and respiratory depression developed in three unrelated children in Colorado during 1993 following ingestion of Jin Bu Huan tablets, a Chinese herbal medicine used for relieving pain. This report summarizes the investigations of these cases.

• Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Journal: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep) Vol. 42 Issue 33 Pg. 633-6 (Aug 27 1993) ISSN: 0149-2195 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8350855 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• jin bu huan

Topics

• Bradycardia (chemically induced)
• Central Nervous System Diseases (chemically induced)
• Child, Preschool
• Colorado (epidemiology)
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (poisoning)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Poisoning (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Respiratory Insufficiency (chemically induced)