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Use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is generally safe. [3] Activated charcoal works by adsorbing the toxin. [1] While charcoal has been used since ancient times for poisonings, activated charcoal has been used since the 1900s. [4] [5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [6]
The UK National Health Service states that "an occasional drink is unlikely to harm" a breastfed baby, and recommends consumption of "no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice a week" for breastfeeding mothers (where a pint of beer or 50 ml drink of a spirit such as whisky corresponds to about two units of alcohol). [67]
Acute alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency due to the risk of death from respiratory depression or aspiration of vomit if vomiting occurs while the person is unresponsive. Emergency treatment strives to stabilize and maintain an open airway and sufficient breathing while waiting for the alcohol to metabolize.
Alcohol use is directly related to considerable morbidity and mortality, for instance due to intoxication and alcohol-related health problems. [113] The World Health Organization advises that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. [114]
Whether colchicine is safe for use during pregnancy is unclear, but its use during breastfeeding appears to be safe. [11] [14] Colchicine works by decreasing inflammation via multiple mechanisms. [15] Colchicine, in the form of the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale), was used as early as 1500 BC to treat joint swelling. [16]
The term fetal alcohol effects (FAE) was used for alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder and alcohol-related birth defects. [1] It was initially used in research studies to describe humans and animals in whom teratogenic effects were seen after confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure (or unknown exposure for humans), but without obvious ...
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Dextropropoxyphene [5] is an analgesic in the opioid category, patented in 1955 [6] and manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company.It is an optical isomer of levopropoxyphene.It is intended to treat mild pain and also has antitussive (cough suppressant) and local anaesthetic effects.