Common Ingested Poisons

Acetaminophen

No initial signs or symptoms. Nausea and vomiting. Jaundice is a delayed sign.

Acids and alkalis

Burns on or around the lips; burning in mouth, throat, and abdomen; vomiting

Antiarrhythmics (drugs to regulate electrical impulses and the speed of the heart)

Bradycardia, hypotension, syncope, decreased consciousness, respiratory depression

Antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)

Tachycardia, hypertension, nausea, tremors

Antidiarrheals (medications to prevent diarrhea)

Used to get high when taken in significant quantity. Can cause an opioid

Antihistamines and cough or cold preparations

Hyperactivity or drowsiness, rapid pulse, flushed skin, dilated pupils

Antipsychotics

Drowsiness, coma, tachycardia

Aspirin

Delayed signs and symptoms, including ringing in the ears, deep and rapid breathing, bruising

Food (contamination)

Different types of food poisoning have different signs and symptoms of varying onset. Most include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, sometimes with fever.

Ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti

inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Insecticides

Slow pulse, excessive salivation and sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, constricted pupils

Petroleum products

Characteristic odor of breath, clothing, vomitus; if aspiration has occurred, coughing and difficulty breathing.

Plants

Wide range of signs and symptoms, ranging from none to nausea and vomiting to cardiac arrest