Clinical Practice of Treating Benzodiazepine Poisoning with Kahwa (Black Tea) in Acute Cases of Overdose

Recently, an increasing trend of using black tea (Kahwa) in many diseases has been noticed due to its numerous health benefits with less to no side effects and easy availability. Objectives: To describe the clinical characteristics, management practices, and short-term outcomes of patients with acute benzodiazepine overdose who received Kahwa as part of supportive care. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted at the National Poison Control Center, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi. Patients aged 13–70 years with confirmed acute benzodiazepine overdose were included using a non-probability consecutive sampling technique. All patients received standard supportive care plus enteral feeding of Kahwa via nasogastric tube (NG). Data were analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 26.0, and significance was set at p