Antidotes Flashcards
What is the effect of a Acetaminophen overdose? What’s the antidote?
Liver failure; N-acetylcysteine
What is the effect of a Anticholinergic overdose? What’s the antidote?
Anhydrosis, fever, mydriasis, delirium (Dry as a bone, mad as a hatterm blind as a bat, hot as a hare); Physostigmine
What is the effect of a Benzodiazepine overdose? What’s the antidote?
sedation and resp depression; Flumazenil
What is the effect of a Opiates overdose? What’s the antidote?
“MORPHINE” M-miosis, O-out of it (sedation), R-resp depress, H-HoTN, I-infrequency (constipation, urine reten), N-nausea, E-emesis; Naloxone
What is the effect of a Methanol overdose? What’s the antidote?
severe abd pain, permanent blind; Ethanol
What is the effect of a Ethylene glycol overdose? What’s the antidote?
Renal failure; Ethanol
What is the effect of a carbon monoxide overdose? What’s the antidote?
Tightly bind Hb so death, directly blocks ETC, no ATP; oxygen
What is the effect of a cyanide overdose? What’s the antidote?
drowsiness, tachycardia, coma, death; Amyl nitrate
What is the effect of a organophosphates overdose? What’s the antidote?
SLUDGE- S-salivation, L-lacrimation, U-urination, D-defacation, G-GI upset, E-emesis; Atropine or Pralidoxime
What is the effect of a Lead overdose? What’s the antidote?
inhibits Hb production; EDTA or BAL
What is the effect of a Heparin overdose? What’s the antidote?
hemorrhage; protamine
What is the antidote of a beta blockers overdose?
glucagon and calcium
What is the antidote of a digoxin overdose?
Antidigoxin FAB Ab
What is the antidote of a iron overdose?
deferoxamine
What is the antidote of a warfarin overdose?
vitamin K
