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Positive Diagnosis of Self-medication with Homatropine Eye Drops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anthony N. Warrens ,
Maria A. Ron  and
Sheila Dawling
Anthony N. Warrens*
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG
Maria A. Ron
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG
Sheila Dawling
Affiliation:
The Poisons Unit, London SE14
*
Flat 2, 14 Kingdon Road, West Hampstead, London NW6 1PH
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Abstract

A 25-year-old man with a variety of unusual ocular symptoms was fully investigated and no abnormality discovered. The suspicion of self-medication with a mydriatic was confirmed when homatropine was isolated in his tears. We describe a method for collecting tears which allowed biochemical confirmation at leisure.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 124 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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