Emergency Medicine Journal 2011-01-01

Strychnine poisoning: gone but not forgotten.

A J Parker, J B Lee, J Redman, L Jolliffe

Index: Emerg. Med. J. 28(1) , 84, (2011)

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Abstract

Strychnine was used as a pesticide until 1968 and a rodenticide until 2006 when its sale was banned throughout the EU and all supplies recalled. A case of strychnine poisoning seen in a UK emergency department in 2009 is reported to remind clinicians of the features and management of this increasingly rare presentation. Prompt recognition and early intensive supportive therapy can result in a favourable outcome.