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From:MPR - Physician Assistants' Edition (Vol. 23, Issue 1)Narcan (naloxone HCl; Adapt Pharma) Nasal Spray is now available for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression. Narcan Nasal...
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From:Physician Assistants' Prescribing Reference (Vol. 20, Issue 1)PRESCRIBING NOTES The National Poison Center Hotline can be reached by calling (800) 222-1222. ACETADOTE Cumberland Rx Acetylcysteine 200mg/mL; soln for IV infusion after dilution; preservative-free....
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From:MPR - Physician Assistants' Edition (Vol. 21, Issue 2)The FDA has approved Evzio (naloxone HCl injection; Kaleo, Inc.) for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose, as manifested by respiratory and/or central nervous system depression. Evzio is a...
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From:MPR - Physician Assistants' Edition (Vol. 20, Issue 3)PRESCRIBING NOTES The National Poison Center Hotline can be reached by calling (800) 222-1222. ACETADOTE Cumberland Rx Acetylcysteine 200mg/mL; soln for IV infusion after dilution; preservative-free. Indications:...
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From:Nurse Practitioners' Prescribing Reference (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedPRESCRIBING NOTES The National Poison Center Hotline can be reached by calling (800) 222-1222. ACETADOTE Cumberland Rx Acetylcysteine 200mg/mL; soln for IV infusion after dilution; preservative-free. Indications:...
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From:The Nation's Health (Vol. 43, Issue 3)The rate of drug over-doses from prescription opioids in New York City rose sevenfold over a 16-year period, according to a study published Feb. 3 in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Using data from the city's Office of...
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From:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Timothy. Petterson, Lindsay. Lyon, Bradley. Peckler A 51-year-old woman was brought into the Emergency Department (ED) following an intentional overdose of alcohol and her medication. Along with two bottles...
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From:Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine (Vol. 18, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedByline: Sayandeep. Jana, Chandrashish. Chakravarty, Abhijit. Taraphder, Suresh. Ramasubban A 30-year-old female presented with coma and subsequent cardiac arrest caused by phenobarbital overdosage, requiring...
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From:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Vol. 16, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedByline: Abhay. Gundgurthi, Sandeep. Kharb, M. Dutta, R. Pakhetra, M. Garg We report a 27-year-old paramedical lady with no known comorbidities, who presented with rapid-onset coma with hypoglycemia (plasma glucose at...
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From:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 44, Issue 7)Higher doses of opioids--the equivalent of 50 mg/dL or more of morphine--are more likely than are lower doses to lead to unintentional overdose, according to a report. However, the practice of adding a prescription...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1297)
Fexofenadine/furosemide overdose: prolonged QT interval, hypokalaemia and hypocalcaemia: case report
[O S] A 23-year-old woman developed bradycardia, prolonged QT interval, hypokalaemia and hypocalcaemia following ingestion of an overdose of fexofenadine and furosemide [time to reaction onset not stated]. The... -
From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1318)[O] [S] A retrospective review of forensic cases identified 23 deaths associated with an overdose of sodium oxybate [y-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)]; in twenty-one of these cases, other substances might have impacted on the...
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From:Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (Vol. 37, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedPatients who have overdosed on drugs commonly present to emergency departments, with only the most severe cases requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Such patients typically survive hospitalisation. We studied...
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From:Neurology India (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Chih-Min. Su, Chia-Te. Kung, Yu-Chin. Wang, Cheng-Hsien. Lu Severe cardiac adverse effects are often related to intravenous phenytoin overdose. However, there is no reported cardiotoxicity resulting from oral...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1252)[O][S] A 2-year-old girl became comatose and experienced tonic-clonic seizures and ventricular tachycardia after ingesting an overdose of amitriptyline [Laroxyl]; she was successfully treated with plasmapheresis....
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1233)[*] [O] [S] A 31-year-old man developed serotonin syndrome, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure following a suicide attempt using sertraline (Lustral). The man had a history of depression for which he had been...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1253)
Isoflurane overdose: hypotension, T-wave inversion and ST-segment depression in a child: case report
[O][S] A 2-year-old child [sex not stated] developed hypotension, T-wave inversion and ST-segment depression following an isoflurane overdose due to overfilling of a vaporiser. Following anaesthesia induction with... -
From:Forensic Science International (Vol. 153, Issue 2-3) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Fatalities due to 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") are rare in Austria, although the use of designer drugs has become quite common. This is the first published case of a fatal MDMA...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 55, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedVisitors to this Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Web site will be able to access the report Year-End 2000 Emergency Department Data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network....
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From:Patient Care (Vol. 22, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed"Although the total number of people in America taking cocaine probably has not increased dramatically in the past 5-6 years, those using it now are able to get purer substances in larger quantities. As a result, we are...