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Would You Eat This?

Children who mistake laxatives for chocolate are at risk for severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, and possibly dangerous fluid loss.

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Donepezil Can Be Toxic if Too Much Is Taken

Donepezil is frequently prescribed to help treat Alzheimer's dementia. It raises levels of acetylcholine in the brain. That can modestly improve symptoms but also cause numerous adverse reactions and drug interactions. Toxic exposures can occur when patients inadvertently take extra doses and when young children access family members' medications.

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Prozac® (fluoxetine), a Common Antidepressant

Prozac® (fluoxetine) is an FDA-approved, commonly used antidepressant. It can effectively treat several mental health conditions but has side effects such as sexual dysfunction, headaches, insomnia, and dry mouth. Fluoxetine has minimal effects on weight and is fairly safe in pregnancy. It should not be combined with alcohol or recreational drugs.

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Spike

Young children are at greatest risk for unintentional poisonings - and that's why we've created Quills Up - Stay Away! Check out the engaging poison prevention and awareness program featuring Spike, the porcupine puppet, designed for preschool children. The program makes it easy and fun to teach this important topic. 

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Safety Tips For Button Batteries

While most button battery ingestions are benign, passing through the gut without a problem, in recent years the number of debilitating or fatal battery ingestions has dramatically increased. Many fatal and non fatal cases with severe esophageal or airway burns and subsequent complications have been reported, even in patients who initially have no symptoms after swallowing the battery. 

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Poison Prevention for Teens

Check out our poison prevention tips and articles for teens.

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The Baby Drank Shampoo: Risks and Treatments

Some shampoos are formulated to be mild enough for babies. Some contain medically active ingredients. Shampoo is a minimally toxic product when used on the hair and scalp, but can cause symptoms if swallowed or splashed in the eye.

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Poison Prevention for Preteens

Check out our poison prevention tips and articles for preteens.

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"Needle Spiking" and Other Drug-Facilitated Crimes

Needle spiking involves the secret injection of poisonous substances into unsuspecting individuals and represents a form of drug-facilitated crime. It is a scary concept but it is also fortunately a rare occurrence.

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Increasing Childhood Drug Poisonings

More young children now visit U.S. emergency rooms for drug poisonings than for car crashes. The most dangerous prescription medicines for children to get into include those for diabetes, anxiety, muscle spasms, sleep problems, heart disease, and high blood pressure, and opioid (narcotic) pain relievers.

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