| Home Treatment:
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| Call Poison Control for instructions.
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| Before Calling Emergency:
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Determine the following information:- The patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known)
- The time it was swallowed
- The amount swallowed
- If the medication was prescribed for the patient
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| Poison Control, or a local emergency number:
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| They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room. |
| What to expect at the emergency room:
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Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:
- Administer activated charcoal.
- Administer a laxative.
- Use gastric lavage.
- Treat the symptoms.
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| Expectations (prognosis):
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If the patient survives the first 24 hours, survival is likely. Few patients actually die from an antihistamine overdose.
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