ACS: Toxicology Flashcards
(28 cards)
Mushrooms (x2)
Psilocybin: Hallucinogenic
Muscarine: poison
Blood thinners (x6) Avoid?
“In’s thin the blood”
Heparin, Wafarin, Coumadin, Aspirin
Vitamins C & E, Dicumarol
Avoid: Vitamin K
Sedative/Hypnotic drugs
Barbiturates: sleeping pills, respiratory depressants
Insecticide
Blocks choline storage
Causes everything to run: salivate, lacrimate, urinate, defecate…
Treat with Atropine
Organophosphates
Causes liver damage
Early epiphyseal plate closure in children
Anabolic steroids
Causes acute liver failure
Carbon tetra chloride and chloroform
Basophilic stippling
Nerve tissue damage
Paint, smelter, ceramics
Tx: EDTA
Lead
Overuse causes adrenals and bone loss
Long term corticosteroids
Overuse causes ANS dysfunction
Ionizide
Overuse causes Parkinsonism
L-dopa
Drug for depression
Inhibits serotonin uptake
Prozac
Drug for depression
Prevents breakdown of neurotransmitters
Inc availability of synapses
Moan mine Oxide Inhibitors (MAO)
Post viral/influenza in children less than 18 y/o
Acute encephalopathy (HA), hepatomegaly
S/s: HA, vomiting, amnesia, seizures
Reye’s syndrome
Chronic use of Salicylates (aspirin) causes…
Tinnitus, GI bleeding, kidney irritation
Streptomycin associated with…
Hearing problems
Tetracycline associated with…
yellow teeth, avoid dairy, avoid sun, binds with calcium
Penicillin associated with…
Anaphylactic shock, rash
Amoxicillin associated with…
Stunts GI NT & diminishes brain maturation
Levaquin associated with…
Tendon tears & ruptures
Acyclovir for…
Herpes
Allopurinol for…
Colchicine for…
Chronic gout
Acute gout
Dilantin for…
Seizures
Digitalis for…
Strengthens heart contractions
Propranolol for…
Migraines and heart arrhythmias
