In old movies, actresses would put their hands up to their foreheads with the palm faced out before passing out upon the delivery of any bad news, or as a sure sign of an unsuspected pregnancy (or a bad plot). Rarely in these movies did a man faint "dead away," except for comic relief upon "not getting shot."
In real-life situations, though, fainting can represent a problem and is the cause of a huge amount of expenditure of health care dollars and patient concern. Indeed, one of the first...
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Lomotil is a prescription medicine used to treat diarrhea. Lomotil overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the... Read more »
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Antidiarrheal drugs are medications used to treat loose, watery, and frequent stools. This article discusses overdose of antidiarrheal drugs... Read more »
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Black nightshade poisoning occurs when someone eats pieces of the black nightshade plant.This is for information only and not for use in the... Read more »
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The Tensilon test is a method to help diagnose myasthenia gravis.How the test is performedA drug called Tensilon (also called edrophonium) or a dummy... Read more »
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Jimsonweed is a tall herb plant. Jimsonweed poisoning occurs when someone sucks the juice or eats the seeds from this plant. You can also be poisoned... Read more »
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