It is known that about a quarter of all victims in the world are people who have received poisoning from pills. Situations can be very different. Perhaps the person turned immediately to some specialists who prescribed him certain drugs. The interaction of some of them can cause poisoning from tablets. The more drugs you take at the same time, the higher the risk of poisoning. Sometimes grandparents leave vials with pills in prominent places, creating a health hazard for babies who take them for colorful candies. Sometimes cases of suicide are also possible.
Doctors indicate that the risk is minimal when taking two or three drugs at the same time, but it increases twenty or more times if the drugs are six or seven. In such cases, you can expect a wide variety of adverse effects on the body. After poisoning, the stomach hurts, there is a feeling of nausea, vomiting, skin rashes and internal hemorrhages are possible. In some particularly serious situations, death is possible.
Most of the world's population daily takes certain drugs. Thirty percent do it as prescribed by the doctor, the rest is engaged in dangerous self-medication. Poisoning from tablets is also possible if they are combined with certain products. For example, warfarin, a medicine against blood clots, should never be used concurrently with cranberry juice. Dairy products affect the action of antibiotics, alcohol significantly enhances the effects on the body of sedatives, drugs with paracetamol and antihypertensive (lowering blood pressure) drugs.
What to do with poisoning pills? Unfortunately, poisoning from tablets can not always be determined immediately. Only after a few hours can the first symptoms appear in the form of nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, severe pain in the abdomen, cramps, dizziness, drowsiness, disorientation, in some cases, loss of consciousness. During this time, harmful substances manage to be absorbed into the blood, so the first thing you need to call an ambulance. The victim should be given as much warm liquid as possible and try to induce vomiting. This will help clear the stomach of any remaining drugs in it. The first remedy in such situations is activated carbon. He should always be in the home medicine cabinet. You can give up to twenty tablets at a time. They will help neutralize the effects of drugs. You can use any other type of absorbent, but if at the moment they are not at hand, make it yourself. To do this, take at least ten chicken proteins, beat well and make the victim eat them.
What to do when poisoning with pills and complicating the situation? In the event that the victim has taken a large dose of sleeping pills, there may come a loss of consciousness, respiratory arrest, lowering pressure, cardiac arrest. Immediately give the patient a large dose of strong coffee or tea, try to bring him into consciousness, induce vomiting (only when the man is conscious), make an enema and call an ambulance. Do not let the victim lie down and fall asleep, as this is life threatening.
Poisoning from pills, after first aid, washing the stomach and eliminating all the unpleasant symptoms and consequences, you must continue to treat at home. Quite often, after poisoning, the stomach hurts. This situation is stress for him, so he needs to be given a rest for one to two days. You can drink tea from the garden thyme, sage and marjoram garden. Gradually switch to light food and take it in small portions. You can do cold compresses on the stomach.
One of the main causes of poisoning is the excess of permissible doses, so remember that different drugs may contain the same substance in their composition. Always consult your doctor, especially if you have liver, kidney, stomach, or intestinal diseases. Do not self-medicate and refrain from drinking alcohol.