Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Thallium ; toxicity

Analgesics, Opioid ; poisoning ; Diphenoxylate ; poisoning ; Humans ; Naloxone ; therapeutic use ; Narcotic Antagonists ; therapeutic use ; Poisoning ; drug therapy

The incidence of carbamate insecticide poisoning has increased gradually in recent years, and anticholinergic drugs are the specific antidotes. In 2020, the Peking University Third Hospital admitted a patient with carbamate insecticide poisoning, whose main clinical manifestations were dizziness, vomiting and blurred vision. During the treatment with penehyclidine hydrochloride, the patient developed delirium. This paper retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and treatment process of the patient to improve people's understanding of the side effects of penhyclidine hydrochloride in the treatment of insecticide poisoning.
Humans ; Insecticides ; Retrospective Studies ; Hydrochloric Acid ; Carbamates/therapeutic use* ; Delirium ; Poisoning/therapy* ; Organophosphate Poisoning/drug therapy*

Aconitine ; poisoning ; Aconitum ; chemistry ; poisoning ; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; Charcoal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Hemoperfusion ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Poisoning ; drug therapy

Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Herbicides ; poisoning ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Paraquat ; poisoning ; Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Young Adult

Atropine ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Organophosphate Poisoning ; Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Quinuclidines ; therapeutic use

Acute Disease ; Animals ; Antidotes ; therapeutic use ; Mice ; Organophosphate Poisoning ; Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Rats

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Glycoproteins ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Paraquat ; poisoning ; Poisoning ; drug therapy

The Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone, and zaleplon), as the innovative hypnotics, have an improvement over the traditional benzodiazepines in the management of insomnia. Z-drugs have significant hypnotic effects by reducing sleep latency and improving sleep quality, though duration of sleep may not be significantly increased. As benzodiazepines, Z-drugs exert their effects through increasing the transmission of γ-aminobutyric acid. Z-drugs overdose are less likely to be fatal, more likely would result in poisoning. Z-drugs can be detected in blood, urine, saliva, and other postmortem specimens through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry techniques. Zolpidem and zaleplon exhibit significant postmortem redistribution. Z-drugs have improved pharmacokinetic profiles, but incidence of neuropsychiatric sequelae, poisoning, and death may prove to be similar to the other hypnotics. This review focuses on the pharmacology and toxicology of Z-drugs with respect to their adverse effect profile and toxicity and toxicology data in the field of forensic medicine.
Acetamides/poisoning* ; Azabicyclo Compounds/poisoning* ; Drug Overdose ; Forensic Medicine/trends* ; Forensic Toxicology/trends* ; Humans ; Hypnotics and Sedatives/poisoning* ; Piperazines/poisoning* ; Pyridines/poisoning* ; Pyrimidines/poisoning* ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/drug therapy* ; Zolpidem

Although glufosinate ammonium herbicides are considered safe when used properly, ingestion of the undiluted form can cause grave outcomes. Recently, we treated a 34-yr-old man who ingested glufosinate ammonium herbicide. In the course of treatment, the patient developed apnea, mental deterioration, and sixth cranial nerve palsy; he has since been discharged with full recovery after intensive care. This case report describes the clinical features of glufosinate intoxication with a focus on sixth cranial nerve palsy. Our observation suggests that neurologic manifestations after ingestion of a "low-grade toxicity herbicide" are variable and more complex than that was previously considered.
Abducens Nerve Diseases/*chemically induced/drug therapy ; Adult ; Aminobutyrates/*poisoning ; Enzyme Inhibitors/poisoning ; Herbicides/*poisoning ; Humans ; Male ; Seizures/chemically induced ; Surface-Active Agents/poisoning ; Unconsciousness/chemically induced