Friday May 7, 1999 - Question 14
A 63 year old female presents to the ED with a
combined ingestion of 30 digoxin 0.25 mg tablets, 20 diazepam 5mg tablets
and 20 Tylenol #3 tablets. The emergency medicine resident is calling
the poison center for information on antidotes for each of these medications.
Please describe what antidotes should and should not be considered.
Please give a brief rationale recommending or not recommending each antidote.