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Title: Does Flumazenil Really Increase Seizure?

Category: Neurology

Keywords: flumazenil. seizure, drug overdose (PubMed Search)

Posted: 4/9/2008 by Aisha Liferidge, MD (Updated: 7/21/2026)

  • A recent retrospecitve study of over 830 patients with suspected or confirmed benzodiazepine overdose from the Florida State Poison Center Database showed that only 0.7% experienced subsequent seizure or seizure-like acitivity (i.e. dystonia, muscle rigidity) after flumazenil administration.
  • This study was conducted by emergency physicians from the University of Florida at Jacksonville where flumazenil is apparently often used as an antidote for benzodiazepine overdoses.

References

Williams, JS.  "Flumazenil Revisited."


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