Monday, May 20, 2013

Nytol overdose

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Home Treatment

Call Poison Control center for appropriate treatment.


Before Calling Emergency

Determine the following information:

  • The patient's age, weight, and condition
  • Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
  • The time it was swallowed
  • The amount swallowed

Poison Control, or a local emergency number

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control Centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.


What to expect at the emergency room

Some or all of the following may be performed or given:

  • Gastric lavage  
  • Treatment of other symptoms
  • Activated charcoal

Expectations (prognosis)

If the patient survives the first 24 hours, recovery is likely. Few patients actually die from an antihistamine overdose.


Review Date: 05/10/2005
Reviewed By: William D. Whetstone, M.D., Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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