Toad-Stool Poisoning

Yellow phosphorous poisoning--smoking stool syndrome.

Treatment of toad venom poisoning with digoxin-specific Fab fragments.

Toxicity from toad venom poisoning is similar to digoxin toxicity and carries a high mortality rate. We report on six previously healthy men who developed vomiting and bradycardia after ingesting a purported topical aphrodisiac. Each patient had positive apparent digoxin levels and the first four patients died of cardiac dysrhythmias. The last two patients recovered following treatment with dig...

Toad venom poisoning: resemblance to digoxin toxicity and therapeutic implications.

A healthy man developed gastrointestinal symptoms after ingesting purported aphrodisiac pills. He had severe unrelenting bradycardia, hyperkalaemia, and acidosis. He rapidly developed severe life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and died after a few hours. He was found to have positive serum digoxin concentrations, although he was not taking digoxin. Toad venom poisoning is similar to digitalis ...

Laxative poisoning: toxicological analysis of bisacodyl and its metabolite in urine, serum, and stool.

An 11-year-old boy was hospitalized because of severe diarrhea (over 5 L/day). The child survived; however, the diarrhea continued while he was given intravenous fluids and his electrolyte balance was closely supervised. Based on observation of the patient and his family in the hospital, surreptitious administration of a poison by his mother was suspected, and toxicological analysis was carried...

Drug Poisoning: Poisoning by Antidepressants

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