Publications by authors named "Marie Bretaudeau Deguigne"
Medicine diversion for recreational use is a constant concern for health authorities. Parachuting, also refered to as bombing, is used in order to increase the expected effect, to accelerate time-to-onset and to create mixtures of medicines and substances. Aeras covered: Firstly, we analyzed all available scientific literature (PRISMA) and internet forums without any limiting timeframe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Over the last decade, use of phenethylamines has become increasingly prevalent. This study aimed to describe typical aspects of phenethylamine poisoning in order to better inform patient care.
Methods: Phenethylamine poisoning cases reported to the Poison Control Center of Angers, France, from January, 2007 to December, 2013 were examined.
Article Synopsis
- A 39-year-old woman had serious health problems because she took too much of a medicine called venlafaxine, leading to issues like serotonin syndrome and low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
- Doctors tried giving her sugar in liquid form to help her blood sugar, but it kept dropping again.
- Finally, they gave her a special injection called octreotide, which helped bring her blood sugar back to normal and stopped the need for sugar drinks.
Unlabelled: The treatment of European viper envenomings is based on IV antivenom infusions. Viperfav™ contains purified F(ab')(2) fragments of equine antibodies, and a 4 ml vial can neutralize 500-1000 mouse LD50 of Vipera aspis, V. ammodytes and V.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction. The objective was to evaluate the toxicity of poisoning by metam sodium, a dithiocarbamate fumigant, the breakdown products of which are methyl isothiocyanate (MITC), carbon disulphide (CS2), and dihydrogen sulphide (H2S). Methods.
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