Poisoning by Drugs, Medicaments and Biological Substances
23 entries in the Poisoning by Drugs, Medicaments and Biological Substances compendium.
United States drug overdose death rates and totals over timeCDC data on U.S. drug overdose deaths from 1968 to 2025.2018 Amesbury poisoningsTwo poisoned by Novichok; one died, one survived.Salicylate poisoningSalicylate poisoning can cause tinnitus, metabolic acidosis, and cerebral edema.Barbiturate overdoseBarbiturate overdose is now a rare cause of poisoning.Benzodiazepine overdoseBenzodiazepine overdose: CNS depression, supportive care, controversial antidote.1858 Bradford sweets poisoningAccidental arsenic in sweets killed around 20 in Bradford.Calcium channel blocker toxicityCalcium channel blocker overdose causes slow heart rate and low blood pressure.Caraga candy poisoningsStaphylococcus-contaminated candies sickened nearly 2,000 in the Philippines.Lakhvinder CheemaMurder by aconite-laced curry in West London.CinchonismCinchonism is quinine overdose causing tinnitus, vision loss, and cardiotoxicity.Crown vs Kate DoverTrial of Kate Dover for arsenic poisoning of her employer and lover.Digoxin toxicityPoisoning from digoxin or foxglove, causing cardiac and visual disturbances.Gray baby syndromeRare, fatal neonatal toxicity from chloramphenicol accumulation.Carlyle HarrisMedical student executed for morphine murder of his wife.Histotoxic hypoxiaCells cannot use oxygen despite normal delivery.Killing of Dot KingUnsolved 1923 chloroform murder of a New York model and actress.Kosovo student poisoningMass poisoning of Kosovar students by toxic gases in 1990.Leongatha mushroom murdersThree died from death cap mushrooms served at a family lunch.Poisoning of Alexander LitvinenkoFirst confirmed lethal polonium-210 poisoning, causing diplomatic crisis.Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoningFirst recorded botulism outbreak in the United Kingdom.Killing of Elijah McClainDeath after police restraint and excessive ketamine injection.Poisoning of Alexei NavalnyNavalny poisoned with Novichok; OPCW labs confirmed the agent.Opioid overdoseOpioid overdose is a preventable cause of respiratory depression and death.
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