Toxicology Secrets

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY 1. History of Toxicology 2. Approach to Managing the Poisoned Patient 3. Vital Signs and Toxic Syndromes 4. Laboratory Principles 5. Simple Pharmacokinetics and Toxicokinetics II. OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS 6. Acetaminophen 7. Salicylates 8. Caffeine 9. Vitamins 10. Anticholinergic Effects III. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS 11. Hypoglycemic Agents 12. Anticonvulsants 13. Anticoagulants 14. Antihypertensives IV. ANTIBIOTICS 15. Antituberculous Agents 16. Antimalarial Agents 17. Antibiotics V. CARDIAC DRUGS 18. Digitalis and Other Cardiac Glycosides 19. Beta-adrenergic Antagonists 20. Calcium Channel Blockers 21. Antidysrhythmic Agents VI. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIC MEDICATIONS 22. Cyclic Antidepressants 23. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Other Antidepressants 24. Neuroleptic Agents 25. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors 26.Lithium 27. Opioids 28. Barbiturates and Sedative-Hypnotic Agents 29. Benzodiazepines VII. DRUGS OF ABUSE 30. Ethanol 31. Toxic Alcohols 32. Cocaine 33. Amphetamines 34. Phencyclidine 35. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and Other Hallucinogens 36. Marijuana 37. Substance Withdrawal 38. Inhalant Abuse 39. Date Rape Drugs: GHB, Rohypnol VIII. METALS 40. Arsenic 41. Lead 42. Mercury 43. Iron IX. CHEMICALS 44. Hydrocarbons 45. Caustics and Batteries 46. Methemoglobinemia. PESTICIDES 47. Insecticides: Organophosphates and Carbamates 48. Insecticides: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Pyrethrins, and DEET 49. Rodenticides 50. Herbicides XI. GASES 51. Tear Gas and Pepper Spray 52. Simple Asphyxiants and Pulmonary Irritants 53. Smoke Inhalation 54. Carbon Monoxide 55. Cyanide and Hydrogen Sulfide XII. FOOD POISONING 56. Botulism 57. Air and Water Pollution XIII. BOTANICALS 58. Mushrooms: Toxic and Hallucinogenic 59. Herbal Preparations 60. Plants XIV. ENVENOMATIONS 61. Snakes and Other Reptiles 62. Arthropods 63. Marine Envenomations 64. Bee Stings/Hymenoptera XV. TOXIC TERRORIST THREATS 65. Toxic Terrorist Threats index