Fun Facts
The poison center phone number.
What is 1-800-222-1222?
What is CLONIDINE?
This is the study of medicines derived from natural sources.
What is PHARMACOGNOSY?
This medication causes mechanical removal of substances through inducing emesis. Alkaloids (emetine and cephaeline) cause irritation and activation of the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the GI and the CNS. It is no longer recommended for use.
What is IPECAC?
This website is a popular drug forum where drug users can post their experiences. Pharmacists named Earth and Fire created and manage the site.
What is EROWID?
Leonardo da vinci was believed to have suffered chronic toxicity from this substance.
What is DIGITALIS?
What is DIGOXIN?
This plant causes anticholinergic toxidrome and has dark purple berries.
What is Deadly Nightshade?
He is considered the father of modern toxicology.
Who is PARACELSUS?
What is LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS?
The name of the festival where we see the most illicit substance use in Tennessee.
This is the drug that can be used for blocking metabolism of toxic alcohols into dangerous metabolites.
What is FOMEPIZOLE?
This group of mushrooms is responsible for psychedelic effects including hallucinations.
What is GROUP VI mushrooms?
This treatment causes the mechanical removal of toxins through bowel evacuation.
What is Whole Bowel Irrigation?
This drug was accidentally mistaken for cocaine in the movie Pulp Fiction, almost resulting in the death of the mob boss's wife.
What is HEROIN?
The celebrity that suffered from toxic alcohol poisoning on the movie set of Horns.
This drug is the antidote / chelator for iron toxicity.
This group of mushrooms causes liver failure and results in a mortality of 30%.
What is GROUP I mushrooms?
These substances were given to criminals to prove their guilt or innocence. They were considered lethal to the guilty, and harmless to the innocent.
What are Ordeal Poisons?
What is HONEY?
The physician that discovered botulism and the causative bacteria.
Who is Dr. Justinus Kerner?
This drug acts like a stimulant and is often referred to as synthetic marijuana causing hallucinations and agitation.
What is SPICE?
This plant is an antimitotic that arrests mitosis and inhibits microtubule formation. Overdose is often fatal.
What is autumn crocus (COLCHICINE)?
This document was written by the Greek physician Dioscorides (40–80 A.D.) It categorized poisons by their origin—animal, vegetable, or mineral. This classification was the gold standard for the next 1,500 years.
What is the Materia Medica?
As portrayed in the movie Old School, this drug can cause severe sedation and respiratory arrest. It is commonly used in veterinary medicine as a sedative for large animals.
What is CARFENTANIL?