17 December 2020 : Case report
Sedation After a Trial of Mixed Amphetamine Salts in a Boy with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Unexpected drug reaction
Raed Al Awami1EF, Ammar Albanna23AEF*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.928269
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e928269
Table 1. Assessment of causality of the adverse drug reaction using the Naranjo score.
No. | Question | Yes | No | Do not know |
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1 | Are there previous conclusion reports on this reaction? | +1 | 0 | |
2 | Did the adverse event appear after the suspect drug was administered? | −1 | 0 | |
3 | Did the adverse reaction improve when the drug was discontinued or a specific antagonist was administered? | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Did the adverse reaction reappear when the drug was re-administered? | −1 | 0 | |
5 | Are there alternative causes that could solely have caused the reaction? | −1 | 0 | |
6 | Did the reaction reappear when a placebo was given? | −1 | 0 | |
7 | Was the drug detected in the blood (or other fluids) in a concentration known to be toxic? | +1 | 0 | |
8 | Was the reaction more severe when the dose was increased, or less severe when the dose was decreased? | +1 | 0 | |
9 | Did the patient have a similar reaction to the same or similar drugs in any previous exposure? | +1 | 0 | |
10 | Was the adverse event confirmed by objective evidence? | 0 | 0 | |
Interpretation | ≥/5−8=Probable/1–4=Possible/≤0=Doubtful |