Poisoning

Tylenol, also known as acetaminophen or paracetamol, is used as an over-the-counter painkiller. An overdose can cause liver failure, killing many people every year in the United States and worldwide.

Although Tylenol is proven to be a safe and effective drug for pain relief, it can be lethal in large doses. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol and can also be found in many other...

Nicotine overdose is the result of overexposure to nicotine, usually from ingestion or skin contact. Nicotine can be especially toxic to children. Liquid preparations containing nicotine are very...

Neurontin, or gabapentin, is a drug commonly used for epilepsy and is used to relieve neuropathic pain. Since it affects the level of GABA in the brain, it is also used as a treatment for panic...

Ipecac syrup is an over the counter medication that used to be recommended by poison control centers as a way to treat accidental ingestion of poisons. However, the Food and Drug Administration no...

Sleeping pills are a form of sedatives that are used to treat sleeping issues such as insomnia. Though not all sleeping pill overdoses are intentional, there can be serious risks involved when...

Lidocaine is most often used as a local anesthetic but also may serve as an antiarrhythmic. The most common source of lidocaine poisoning is an unintentional or excessive injection. Toxic effects...

Oxycodone is a manufactured version of compounds that occur naturally in opium. This opiate is most often found in prescription painkillers, such as OxyContin, Percodan and ****. Oxycodone has a...

When people discuss overdoses, magnesium isn't one of the more commonly thought-of culprits, but it is possible and it's a potentially dangerous condition. Here is how to treat a case of magnesium...

Aspirin poisoning is more often accidental rather than intentional. There are some cases of people overdosing because they want to commit suicide or get attention, but usually it's a case of...