PREVENTION IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE
• Replace highly hazardous pesticide formulations with equally effective but less poisonous ones • Read the entire label before using any pesticide in or around the home, and follow all …
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PREVENTING PESTICIDE EXPOSURE
• Minimum requirement for any pesticide related activity is a long sleeved shirt, a pair of trousers (cotton) and boots • Minimize contact by using a stick when mixing pesticide …
Read MoreMUSHROOM: A DECEPTIVE POISON
Did you know that mushrooms that cause symptoms soon after exposure (within 2 h) are less dangerous than those that cause symptoms later (after 6 h) Did you know that …
Read MoreDid you know that viscosity is the primary determinant of gasoline toxicity?
Liquids with low viscosity such as gasoline and paraffin can spread rapidly over large surface areas and are more likely to cause aspiration pneumonitis,hypoxia and respiratory distress Exposure to the …
Read MoreThe Fatalistic Pursuit of Glue-high
DID you know that a glue-sniffing chokora is in a mortal danger of dying, not from a police bullet but from the sound of gun fire? Chronic inhalation of volatile …
Read MoreCASSAVA INTOXICATION
A poorly prepared meal of cassava produces hydrogen cyanide on chewing and/or digestion and the cyanide so produced is one of the most potent, rapidly acting, poisons known? Cyanide poisons …
Read MoreWHY WE GIVE ETHANOL FOR METHANOL POISON!
The enzyme that digests methanol to poisonous products that then burns your sense of sight, loves ethanol 200 times more than it does methanol. Ethanol is therefore taken to keep …
Read MoreWHY a single dose gentamycin is more EFFICACIOUS and SAFER
Bactericidal effects of gentamicin is concentration-dependent i.e. the higher the concentration in contact with a susceptible bacteria, the more the killing power. The ototoxic and nephrotoxic effects is time-dependent. Prolonged …
Read MoreARE YOU AWARE THAT THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE PREDICTS THE PRIMARY ROUTE OF EXCRETION USEFUL IN DETOX?
Knowledge of route and extent of elimination of parent drugs or its active metabolites is critical to successful poison management Drugs or toxicants with high molecular weights (MW ≥ 400 …
Read MoreSELF-POISONING AND ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL
Anecdotal evidence show that a significant number of deliberate self-poisoning victims are also alcohol dependent (ie continued alcohol drink, despite problems with health, and, family, or job responsibilities) Recognition and …
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