Poisoning

Test yourself: the 2023 CPD and Learning quiz

Assess your knowledge on topics ranging from infectious diseases, to professional skills, to cardiology, in our end-of-year CPD and learning quiz.…

Management of poisonings: the pharmacist’s role

How to identify, diagnose and manage poisonings in an emergency care setting.…

Government to change law to reclassify so-called ‘diet drug’ as a poison

The change will mean 2,4-Dinitrophenol can only be sold legally to a member of the public by a registered pharmacist.…

Home Office to consult this year on adding DNP to list of regulated poisons

Following advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that the diet pill 2,4-Dinitrophenol is a poison, the UK government will consult on whether to add the compound to the list of regulated poisons.…

Chief pharmacists advised to store specialist antidotes separately to avoid mis-selection errors

New rules for storage of antidotes will come into effect in November 2020 in response to a series of incidents, including two with fatal outcomes.…

DNP: the dangerous diet pill pharmacists should know about

As concerns over deaths related to the diet pill 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) increase, healthcare professionals — including pharmacists — are being called on to play their part in raising awareness and preventing DNP-related harm.…

Methadone causes half of unintentional drug poisoning deaths in young children

Methadone, a drug prescribed as a heroin substitute, is responsible for more toddler deaths by unintentional poisoning in the UK than any other prescription drug, research shows.…

Chemicals found in e-cigarettes could cause lung problems

Diacetyl, a flavouring chemical found in some e-cigarettes, has been linked to cases of the severe respiratory disease bronchiolitis obliterans or “popcorn lung”.…

Hospitals have variable stock levels of antidotes

Hospital stock control of antidotes to treat poisoned patients have improved but there is still “significant” differences between NHS trusts.…

How plants can heal or kill

‘Plants: healers and killers’, by Michael Radcliffe Lee.…