Amoxicillin renal toxicity: how often does it occur?

Objectives: To determine the incidence of renal symptoms associated with amoxicillin, a retrospective review of exposures to amoxicillin in children younger than 6 years as reported to the National Poison Data System was done.

Methods: All ingestions of amoxicillin without coingestants in humans younger than 6 years reported to the National Poison Data System from 2004 through 2008 were analyzed. Data included age, sex, management site, outcome, symptoms, amount ingested, certainty of amount, chronicity, weight, and therapy.

A regional poison information center IVR medication identification system: does it accomplish its goal?

Background: The 2009 AAPCC NPDS report identified 1,057,632 medication identification requests to poison information centers. This represents 24.7% of all calls to US poison information centers.

Whole fentanyl patch ingestion: a multi-center case series.

Background: Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid with large abuse potential. A common preparation of fentanyl is a sustained-release transdermal patch. To our knowledge, there are only two published case reports of whole patch ingestion.

Friends and foes in the plant world: a profile of plant ingestions and fatalities.

Introduction: Plants are beneficial as foodstuffs and many have medicinal properties. However, some plants also have the potential to produce toxicity. The objective of this study was to characterize plant exposures that involve humans and to discuss those that are associated with morbidity and mortality, as well as some that have undeserved bad reputations.

Pediatric ingestions of hand sanitizers: debunking the myth.

Objective: Poison centers frequently receive calls concerning children who are exposed to hand sanitizers. These exposures can occur while the product is being used correctly or when a child has unsupervised access to the container. In 2007, the use of ethanol-containing hand sanitizers in the pediatric population came under media scrutiny owing to an Internet urban legend that resulted in a greater awareness of the potential toxicity of these sanitizers based on their high ethanol content.