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CEN Med Toxicity
Medicine toxicity symptoms and curative measures
Medicine | Symptoms and antidote |
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Acetaminophen toxicity | Antidote: N-acetylcysteine (mucomyst) |
Acetaminophen symptoms | Liver failure symptoms - Take blood test 4 HOURS after ingestion |
Aspirin toxicity | Antidote: Bicarb (remember aspirin is salacytic ACID so need bicarb to counteract) - More common in elderly - Tinnitus |
Benzodiazepine toxicity | Antidote: flumazenil/Romanzicon – (don’t give to chronic users/alcoholics because the immediate withdrawal can give them seizures) - Manage Airway and Hypotension |
Sulfonylurea toxicity (meds that lower blood glucose) | Antidote - Octreotide (and treat hypoglycemia) |
Phenothiazine (1st gen antipsychotics) toxicity | Give Benadryl |
Calcium channel blocker toxicity antidote | Give large doses of calcium (and treat hyperglycemia) |
Calcium channel blocker symptoms | Monitor for Dysrhythmias, HYPOtension, HYPERglycemia |
Beta blocker toxicity | Give glucagon (and treat HYPOglycemia) |
Digitalis Toxicity | Give digoxin - Monitor potassium |
Digoxin toxicity | - May be seeing yellow halos – - Give digibind |
Iron toxicity | Give DesFEral – may turn urine orange/pink - Charcoal is CONTRAINDICATED - More common OD in peds bc vitamins taste like candy - Gi symptoms - GI bleed/hemorrhage (prepare for transfusion) |
Tricyclic Antidepressants Toxicity antidote | Give bicarb |
Tricyclic Antidepressants Toxicity symptoms | These meds are anticholinergics and alpha blocker so tachycardia and hypotension possible Rapid decline in condition - 3 C’s of overdose: Cardiac dysrhythmias, Convulsions (seizures), Coma |
Heparin toxicity antidote | Protamine sulfate |
Ibuprofen toxicity management | Supportive care, symptom management |
Ibuprofen toxicity symptom symptoms | GI symptoms - GI hemorrhage CNS depression Renal toxicity |