Overdose of cough and cold remedies
Victoria Hartley Information specialist, National Poisons Information Service, London
VICTORIA HARTLEY advises on the risk of toxicity when cough and cold remedies are ingested in accidental or intentional overdose
Acute upper respiratory infection, also known as the common cold, remains one of the most recurring infections in modern society, afflicting adults between two and four times a year, and children between four and eight times a year (Mossad 1998). Rhinoviruses cause most upper respiratory infections and, despite years of research, a cure has yet to be found.
Emergency Nurse.
10, 9, 20-25.
doi: 10.7748/en2003.02.10.9.20.c1091
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