Use of dimenhydrinate in the treatment of green tobacco sickness

Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1983 Jul-Aug;17(7-8):548-9. doi: 10.1177/106002808301700712.

Abstract

A case of green tobacco sickness (GTS) in a 37-year-old male migrant worker and the use of dimenhydrinate in its treatment/prophylaxis is presented. A brief discussion of the etiology and symptomatology of GTS is included. Dimenhydrinate is a useful over-the-counter product for the treatment of this occupational illness in the tobacco-growing states of the Southeast.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Dimenhydrinate / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nicotiana*
  • Nicotine / poisoning
  • Plants, Toxic*

Substances

  • Nicotine
  • Dimenhydrinate