UNINTENTIONAL LEVOTHYROXINE TOXICITY IN CHILDREN - A CASE REVIEW ON CHILD-SAFE MEDICATION CONTAINERS.

Authors

  • Devendra Richhariya
  • 1# Ganesh Jevalikar
  • 2 Rajesh Verma
  • 3 Vivekanshu Verma1

Keywords:

child proof; levothyroxine; pill ingestion; pill container; toxicity in children.

Abstract

Since Every minute of every day, a poison control centre answers a call about a young child getting into unintentional pill ingestion nearly about 500,000 calls per year. We are reporting a rare and unique double case of drug toxicity in identical twin toddlers, resulting from the common and frequent mistake of grandparents of leaving their pill bottles on places accessible for toddlers, contributed by lack of “Child Proof” Pill Container in Indian Medication bottles.

Published Date

07-Jul-2017

Issue

Vol.13 Issue No.2 (2017): Journal of Indian Society of Toxicology

Section

Articles