Acute drug poisoning
Akutna trovanja lekovima
Abstract
Data collected from poison control centers indicate on millions of poisoning due to drug overdoses and acute drug poisonings represent one of the major causes of deaths. Groups of drugs that most commonly cause acute poisoning include sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics (benzodiazepines above all), paracetamol and different combinations with paracetamol, drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, opioids, antiepileptics, antihistamines, etc. The trend of drug poisoning is increasing in the world and in our country as well where the most common poisoning are those caused by psychoactive drugs, especially by benzodiazepines. This paper gives a brief overview of the toxicity of antidepressants and antianxiety drugsbenzodiazepines, antipsychotics, antiepileptic-carbamazepine, drugs used in treatment of cardiovascular diseases, antihistaminics, methotrexate, and paracetamol which is a rather significant cause of poisoning despite the fact it is OTC drug.
Podaci centara za kontrolu trovanja ukazuju na milionske slučajeve trovanja usled predoziranja lekovima, a akutna trovanja lekovima predstavljaju i jedan od značajnih uzročnika smrtnih ishoda. Grupe lekova koje najčešće dovode do akutnih trovanja su: sedativi/hipnotici/antipsihotici pre svih benzodiazepini, zatim paracetamol i različite kombinacije sa paracetamolom, lekovi koji se koriste u terapiji kardiovaskularnih bolesti, opioidi, antiepileptici, antihistaminici itd. Trend trovanja lekovima raste kako u svetu, tako i u našoj zemlji, gde su najzastupljenija trovanja psihoaktivnim lekovima, posebno benzodiazepinima. U radu je dat kratak prikaz toksičnosti benzodiazepina, antidepresiva, antipsihotika, lekova koji se koriste u terapiji kardiovaskularnih oboljenja, karbamazepina kao predstavnika antiepileptika, kao i nekih drugih lekova koji mogu biti uzročnici trovanja.
Keywords:
drug poisoning / situation in world / situation in Serbia / toxicity of certain groups of drugs / trovanja lekovima / situacija u svetu / situacija u Srbiji / toksičnost određenih grupa lekovaSource:
Arhiv za farmaciju, 2012, 62, 2, 83-91Publisher:
- Savez farmaceutskih udruženja Srbije, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Improvement and development of hygienic and technological procedures in production of animal originating foodstuffs with the aim of producing high-quality and safe products competetive on the global market (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-46009)
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PharmacyTY - JOUR AU - Matović, Vesna AU - Buha, Aleksandra PY - 2012 UR - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1771 AB - Data collected from poison control centers indicate on millions of poisoning due to drug overdoses and acute drug poisonings represent one of the major causes of deaths. Groups of drugs that most commonly cause acute poisoning include sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics (benzodiazepines above all), paracetamol and different combinations with paracetamol, drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, opioids, antiepileptics, antihistamines, etc. The trend of drug poisoning is increasing in the world and in our country as well where the most common poisoning are those caused by psychoactive drugs, especially by benzodiazepines. This paper gives a brief overview of the toxicity of antidepressants and antianxiety drugsbenzodiazepines, antipsychotics, antiepileptic-carbamazepine, drugs used in treatment of cardiovascular diseases, antihistaminics, methotrexate, and paracetamol which is a rather significant cause of poisoning despite the fact it is OTC drug. AB - Podaci centara za kontrolu trovanja ukazuju na milionske slučajeve trovanja usled predoziranja lekovima, a akutna trovanja lekovima predstavljaju i jedan od značajnih uzročnika smrtnih ishoda. Grupe lekova koje najčešće dovode do akutnih trovanja su: sedativi/hipnotici/antipsihotici pre svih benzodiazepini, zatim paracetamol i različite kombinacije sa paracetamolom, lekovi koji se koriste u terapiji kardiovaskularnih bolesti, opioidi, antiepileptici, antihistaminici itd. Trend trovanja lekovima raste kako u svetu, tako i u našoj zemlji, gde su najzastupljenija trovanja psihoaktivnim lekovima, posebno benzodiazepinima. U radu je dat kratak prikaz toksičnosti benzodiazepina, antidepresiva, antipsihotika, lekova koji se koriste u terapiji kardiovaskularnih oboljenja, karbamazepina kao predstavnika antiepileptika, kao i nekih drugih lekova koji mogu biti uzročnici trovanja. PB - Savez farmaceutskih udruženja Srbije, Beograd T2 - Arhiv za farmaciju T1 - Acute drug poisoning T1 - Akutna trovanja lekovima VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 83 EP - 91 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_1771 ER -
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Matović, V.,& Buha, A.. (2012). Acute drug poisoning. in Arhiv za farmaciju Savez farmaceutskih udruženja Srbije, Beograd., 62(2), 83-91. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_1771
Matović V, Buha A. Acute drug poisoning. in Arhiv za farmaciju. 2012;62(2):83-91. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_1771 .
Matović, Vesna, Buha, Aleksandra, "Acute drug poisoning" in Arhiv za farmaciju, 62, no. 2 (2012):83-91, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_1771 .