DEEP SLEEP AND MENTAL CONFUSION DUE TO NAPHAZOLINE NASAL DROPS

Key words: Naphazoline, adverse effects; Nasal drops

Case report: a 6. 5 year - old female, after instillation of naphazoline as nasal drops, undergoes severe central nervous system depression. A sudden onset of a deep sleep as well as psycomotor disorders are a characteristic onset of the sintomatology. Nasal vasoconstrictors which contain imidazolin derivatives should be discouraged in childhood, above all in infancy.